Amber Ross is a fundraiser and team captain in our upcoming IM OK Walk to END Epilepsy. In just a few short days, she’s raised more than $2,000! We’re so thankful to have supporters like Amber who have taken their diagnosis and turned it into motivation to do good. Read Amber’s story below and donate to her fundraiser #MomsGotEpilepsy. The...
by Nicholas Vasquez The First Seizure In the Fall of 2011, I began my first semester at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing a B.S. in Biochemistry. In the fall of 2012, I had a seizure. My seizure caused complete memory loss, leaving me to relearn everything. I underwent numerous health procedures while still enrolled at UT Austin. I thought with...
Esteban was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was three years old. Before being diagnosed and connecting with the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas, he and his family didn’t know much about epilepsy. They didn’t know how to explain Esteban’s disorder to other family members. They started learning, doing the epilepsy walks, and taking advantage of...
By Richard Pompa Jr. The Accident In April of 1987, at age 15, I was in an accident. While walking to a corner convenience store with two friends, a car struck me going about 60 mph. The impact sucked me into the windshield, head first and threw me 21 feet past the point of impact. I suffered from five skull...
It is not easy to have epilepsy. When George first came to the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas in May of 2016, everyone in his life had given up on him. He was sleeping on sidewalks, he reeked of alcohol and life on the streets, and he was not receiving treatment for his epilepsy. His biggest loss…he had
Thank YOU. You made a big difference in Monica’s life this year. Monica had been bullied and lost several jobs because of her epilepsy. She was anxious, self-conscious and she experienced memory issues. When she first met with Kathy Kraemer, the social services coordinator for Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas, Kathy remembers Monica “selling herself short.” Monica wanted to...
