Name: Maricella Age: 10 State: CO When she was only 6 years old, Maricella was diagnosed with epilepsy. As she got older, the condition progressed and, in the past 2 years, the disease has gotten much worse. In fact, before last year, Maricella was having up to 200 seizures an hour and every medicine was having [...]
Name: Isaiah Age: 14 State: NJ Four years ago, while cooking on a wood burning stove, Isaiah suddenly collapsed onto the stove top and suffered third degree burns that went all the way down to the bone. He spent four months in the burn unit and underwent seven surgeries for the burns on his face and [...]
JONESBORO, Ga. – International children’s charity Kids Wish Network announced today that through the generosity of the WWE and other sponsors, Maurice Wilson’s dream of meeting his favorite WWE Superstar, John Cena, has come true. Kids Wish Network is a Tampa-based charitable organization dedicated to infusing hope, creating happy memories, and improving the quality of [...]
Name: Maurice Age: 8 State: GA When he was four months old, Maurice’s mother noticed that he was crankier than usual, not taking his bottle and not making eye contact with her. After three days of these unusual symptoms, she took him to the doctor, who noticed that Maurice’s head was swollen and transferred him [...]
Name: Tyler Age: 13 State: TX When Tyler was four years old, he was diagnosed with epilepsy, just like his older brother. Up until recently, Tyler was only having partial, or petit mal, seizures. However, recently began suffering full-on convulsive grand mal seizures from both sides of his brain. Tyler has now endured a surgery [...]
Name: Kirk Age: 9 State: MN In 2009, Kirk was diagnosed with having medically intractable epilepsy – a condition that causes Kirk to suffer uncontrollable seizures. At his diagnosis, Kirk was suffering up to 30 seizures a day. Last year, Kirk spent a lot of time in the hospital and even endured a surgery to [...]
Name: Nevaeh Age: 5 State: FL When she was 2-years-old, Nevaeh was diagnosed with having the seizure disorder epilepsy after continually falling down for unknown reasons at a family party. The seizures she experiences are called atonic seizures and they cause a lack of muscle function which makes her fall down, putting her at risk [...]
Name: Teyona Age: 13 State: WI At the age of two, Teyona was diagnosed with having the seizure disorder epilepsy. Teyona suffers from at least 10 seizures every single day and they seem to be getting worse, not better, even with medications. In fact, a terrible side effect of one of her seizure medications was [...]
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