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Association of Bikers for Awareness, Training and Education (ABATE) came to the Seaforth Legion May 27 to promote the event known as A Tour of Duty
Motorcycle Ride, which takes place on June 11 in Seaforth. (For more photos turn to page 8)
Van makes epilepsy easier to manage
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
Having a seven-year-old with
one of the most rare genetic disor-
ders known to Canada comes with
its challenges. Especially if the
child is in a wheelchair, a simple
trip to the local corner store can be
a task of its own. That stress has
been eliminated for the O'Reilly's.
Directly after birth, Dean
O'Reilly, 7, from one of the ham-
lets just outside of Seaforth went
through a string of tonic-clonic
seizures (most commonly associ-
ated to epilepsy). As well as the
convulsions, global developmen-
tal delays were also apparent.
The diagnosis was determined
early, which meant Dean had
been distinguished as being
behind in the functions related to
cognitive, mobility and speech,
compared to the average of males
his age. As time went on, it was
evident epilepsy played a key role
into why these peculiar health
episodes continued to happen. It
wasn't until last year when the
family found out exactly what was
going on with their little boy.
In June of 2015, the doctors,
instead of using the term undi-
agnosed, had an official answer,
one that would give the
O'Reilly's a better
understanding.
"He's one of about five in
Canada, about 200 in the world,
it's called, KCNQ2," commented
Dean's mother Charlene
O'Reilly and also added that
this new finding is a specific
disability affiliated to an epi-
lepsy disorder.
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