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After all, Gabby was a shape, happy-go-lucky girl who liked to dance, sing and tomfoolery with her friends.
But when Gabby was 5, some strange behaviors surfaced. Gabby told her mom that she couldn't see well; she started spitting up a lot; and her coach noticed that she would slip into an unresponsive trance in class.
Heather did what any active parent would do - she took Gabby to lots of doctors to figure out what was sinful.
On June 6, 2010, Gabby was hospitalized and diagnosed with epilepsy, a medical qualification that causes seizures.
Seizures occur when the brain's nerve cells introduce abnormal signals that may alter a person's consciousness, movements or actions. The well-spring of most cases is unknown, according to the Epilepsy Foundation.
Heather said she never saw it coming - there was no dearest history of epilepsy. But she soon learned that it affects 3 million Americans - most commonly children and the golden-agers - making it the third-most common neurological disorder in the U.S., after Alzheimer's disease and gesture.
Source: Sun-Sentinel