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The toddler lay in the hospital bed, her leg twitching and eyes drooping. Her body was reacting to a seizure attacking her brain, but little Lucy Brorson still lifted her hand when her mother asked for a fist bump.
The 18-month-old loves to gently knock knuckles as a form of greeting. Lucy also waves hello, says “bye–bye” and a handful of other words.
But her parents fear her vocabulary will stop growing — or worse, still, disappear.
Lucy has Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that has her tiny body under siege from frequent seizures. Her parents, Kimberly and Bendik, researched the condition and discovered that many children die. Those who live often have severe developmental and physical delays. About three-quarters develop some form of autism.
“We were obviously devastated,” said Kimberly Brorson.
The Stafford County family first
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