AJ’s life was relatively uncomplicated until age 14, when he began to experience unpredictable seizures and received a life-changing diagnosis of epilepsy. Thanks to the combination of a small, battery-powered device surgically implanted into his brain and an oral medication, he is now seizure-free.
Ava has been seizure-free for nearly a year thanks to successful hemispherotomy brain surgery and coordinated care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Before starting on the ketogenic diet, Tikvah suffered from intractable absence seizures. But after just two months on the diet, her condition dramatically improved.
Four years ago, Nicholas was having 30 epileptic seizures a day. With the help of CHOP’s neurology experts and the high-fat ketogenic diet, Nicholas is now a typical second-grader.
Korey has epilepsy, one of the most common brain disorders in children, but his treatment is unusual: a diet of exactly 90 percent fat, 7 percent protein and 3 percent carbohydrates. It’s called the ketogenic diet and it's proven effective for children whose epilepsy does not respond to medication.