It was the summer of 2012 and Elizabeth Paley was at a camp with two friends. She was expecting to have a fun time, but things changed. “Little did any of us know,” she says, “that this enjoyable weekend would turn surreal in a matter of minutes.” The first morning she was at camp Elizabeth…
Life for Samantha Hetherington changed on Nov. 11, 2011, when the then-15-year-old woke up on the floor of the living room in her family’s house, surrounded by paramedics, then being lifted onto a stretcher and taken to hospital. Hetherington had just experienced her first seizure. More seizures would follow, and she was put on medication…
Seventeen-year-old Lia Turner was diagnosed with epilepsy seven years ago. Although living with a seizure disorder has had an impact on her life, it has never stopped her from pursuing her passions and dreams. In fact, living with epilepsy has inspired Lia, who recently graduated from Aldershot High School in Burlington, to make a career…
A $1,000 OBCL Epilepsy Scholarship is moving Heather Girardin one step closer to her dream of becoming a registered practical nurse (RPN). Heather, who lives in London, Ont., is using the scholarship to help finance her first year at Fanshawe College, where she will be taking the general arts and science certificate program. After completing…
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