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Kathy McCoy

January 22, 2025 12:00am - March 31, 2025 11:59pm

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My Warrior Gracie Jo

One of my granddaughters, GracieJo Caskey has Dravet Syndrome. She suffers from seizures every day. She has been on numerous medications since she was diagnosed at 6 months. My hope is with enough continued research, a cure can be found. The following is from the Dravet Foundation website.

Dravet syndrome, previously known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI), is an intractable developmental and epileptic encephalopathy that begins in infancy and proceeds with accumulating morbidity that significantly impacts individuals throughout their lifetime. Dravet syndrome is a rare disease, with an estimated incidence rate of 1:15,700, with the majority of patients carrying a mutation in the sodium channel gene SCN1A [1].

Dravet syndrome is classified as a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (also known as a DEE), which is part of a group of severe epilepsies with frequent and difficult to treat seizures and significant developmental delays. Seizures in Dravet syndrome usually begin during the first 2-15 months of life, often in the presence of fever or warm temperatures. Seizures are frequently prolonged, and are not well managed with current medications. Patients present with a variety of seizure types that generally evolve with age. As with all developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, Dravet syndrome includes more than just difficult to control seizures. Other comorbidities such as developmental delay and abnormal EEGs often emerge during the second or third year of life. 

Give if you can and God Bless.Mostly your prayers are requested for Gracie and her family.

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