Nathan Michael Beaty, age 35, passed away on March 4, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas, losing a battle with epilepsy that plagued his life from the age of 19. Nathan was born to Michael and June Beaty in San Antonio on a cloudy, warm September day. He is survived by many people who loved him dearly: his parents; his slightly older brother, Evan Beaty; aunts; uncles;...
Compartiendo su historia de epilepsia, sin importar dónde se encuentre en su viaje, impacta positivamente a nuestra comunidad. Durante nuestro Walk To END EPILEPSY – Coastal Bend, Alicia Esquivel de Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, cuenta su historia de cómo perseveir a través de los desafíos de vivir con epilepsia y la importancia del apoyo. A los 13 años, a Alicia...
Our most cherished moments during our Walks To End Epilepsy is seeing people connect together to form a community. At our events, sharing stories with each other helps us gain insight, inspiration, and the knowledge that we are not alone. Your story is one of the most potent implements you own; why not share it? Graduating from college is a...
At the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas, we are constantly meeting extraordinary people. We love meeting people who defy other’s expectations of them. That was the case when our Assistant Director, Kimberly Martin, met Jason at the Bexar County Junior Livestock Show. Jason was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was just three years old. “At around age 2, we...
A Diagnosis My daughter Jamie was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 13. One morning, while getting ready for school, she suddenly had a tonic-clonic seizure. We prayed that it was an isolated incident, but then she kept having one seizure after another. That’s when Jamie was diagnosed with epilepsy. It took some time to find the combination of medicines...
By America Guerrero An Opportunity My name is America Guerrero and I am a summer intern at the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas. I heard about the Epilepsy Foundation through a summer program I was planning to attend at UTSA called Citymester. Before my interview, I did some research on the organization. I was very surprised to see how...
Diagnosis I was first diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 17 years old. I was crossing the street with some friends and had my first Tonic-Clonic seizure. Everyone around me was caught off guard. When I woke up in the hospital, I was told something much worse than I had just been hit by a truck; I was told that I...
By Lily Flowers Hi, my name is Lily Flowers, and I am a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Homer J. Morris Middle School in McAllen, TX where I love social studies and theater class. I love legos, baseball, horseback riding, Star Wars, and Harry Potter. I take piano lessons, and I work hard at occupational therapy and physical therapy twice a week, every week,...
By Ken Marschand How My Epilepsy Journey Began After a traumatic brain injury in 2004, my doctors told me to expect seizures at some point in my life. However, I didn’t know as much as I know now about how seizures vary from person to person. A few years ago, while grocery shopping with my wife, something strange happened. My eyes twitched wildly,...
The First Seizure On January 3, 2018, Kris, a healthy and happy 15 year-old teenager, had his first seizure. We had just returned home from a vacation two days before. He had gone to his room when his father called him to come help clean up the living room. When he didn’t appear after being called a couple of times,...
