Tag Archives: Seizure

Seizure-free after new surgery


One of Arden Berge’s most surprising discoveries while he was a graduate student in meteorology had nothing to do with the weather. “I’d been lying on the bed reading, and all of a sudden I looked up and there were … Continue reading

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Surgery to treat epilepsy leaves woman seizure-free


Carla Huelsmann felt seizures were taking over her life. Surgery at Mayo Clinic gave it back to her. Continue reading

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Epilepsy Surgery Allows Patient to Live Life to the Fullest


Carla Huelsmann was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 2 years old. Throughout her childhood and early adult years, she experienced mainly petit mal seizures. She continued through life, adjusting to her disease as needed. Once Huelsmann welcomed her daughter, the … Continue reading

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A Marathon of Another Kind: Kidney Dialysis for 13 Months


It was the summer of 2008, and Nichole Rushton was primed and ready to run 26.2 miles – a marathon – something she had accomplished with relative ease twice before. At age 28, she well could have invented the concept of … Continue reading

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Hurt and Healing


By: Andrea Miller Birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, graduation gifts…we’re set in a society that longs after gifts.  I have learned, however, that the most important gift one can receive is a clean bill of health.  I have not had the … Continue reading

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Grateful Family Says Mayo Clinic Care and Ketogenic Diet Brought Their Son Back To Them


Less than a year ago, four-year-old Max Irvine was having hundreds of seizures a day … he couldn’t walk, talk or chew his food. A previously healthy and active preschooler, Max has epilepsy. The Irvines were told by one epilepsy … Continue reading

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Ali is seizure free and still dancing


When Ali Nowotny was just 15, she began to“blank out.” It was summer of 2006, and she was working as a waitress in her hometown of Rapid City, S.D. The episodes occurred about once a month, and left her “spaced … Continue reading

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