Articles tagged with 'teens and epilepsy' | Checkup Newsroom

Growing up, Lexi Waggoner instinctively knew what to do when her little brother Luke had seizures at home.She’d hold his hand and talk to him during the sudden stiffness or muscle spasms and blank stare. She made sure he wasn’t choking. She stayed …

By Amber KaiserShanley Stuteville, 25, has been a lifelong patient at Cook Children’s after she was diagnosed with epilepsy at 3 years old. When she was 19, she underwent life-changing lesionectomy surgery and hasn’t had a seizure since 2020. This …

Scott Perry, M.D., sighs and takes a deep breath when thinking about the teenagers with epilepsy he treats at Cook Children's Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center. "Older kids are the worst. They are invincible when they are …