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My name is Elizabeth Perez. I am 34 years old.  The day that I was supposed to be born, my mom started having contractions so she went to the doctor. The doctor told my  mom she was not ready to deliver and he sent her home. My mom returned the…...

Sunday, April 20, 2014, at around 7 PM, was a game changer for me.  I thought that I was suffering from the flu or some sort of bug because my younger brother, Tanner, had gotten sick 2 days before.  I had a fever, a headache, the chills, was a bit…...

Meredith Pence doesn’t know what life is like without seizures. When she was six months old, her first tonic clonic seizure occurred, and they have been a fixture in her life ever since. Diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, seizure control is difficult, but she is not…...

When I first came to the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, I definitely didn’t know what I had, at all. I also didn’t have any help to find out. The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida greatly helped with all of those conundrums mentioned. Also, to get mental help with Support Groups has…...