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Part Of Brain Removed From The Boy Who Was Having Uncontrolled Seizures

1. How Did It Start? Spike Parrent had led a completely normal life until he was four years of age. One day in January 2011 Spike Parrent told his father, Tom Parrent, that he was tired and wanted to go to sleep. Tom Parrent watched him falling asleep, and then went upstairs to do some work. Minutes later, senior Parrent said he heard an animal-like scream, and when he rushed downstairs, his son was having a seizure. I ran to him; and was thinking, ‘Can I get to the ER before the paramedics?’ On the way to ER, he was conscious, but not really aware of anything. 2. What The Doctors Thought At First? The doctors at the emergency room ran some tests and concluded that these most likely were febrile fits, which are caused by fever and five percent of children suffer from these at some point during their childhood. Tom Parrent was assured another seizure would never happen again. Later that night, Spike had another seizure, so Parrent and his wife, JoJo, took...