Review: Such an Important Book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2012
As a mom to a special needs child I read this book with great interest!  I think it is a book that all parents should read.  The most important take-away is to trust your gut.  When my daughter was 4 she had an episode that I thought could have been a seizure.  I took her to our local Children's Hospital where she was diagnosed with having had a seizure just based on my narrative of what I saw!  No tests whatsoever were given. The doctor prescribed anti-seizure meds and told me that she would be on them for life and if she wasn't she would die.  My child had had so many issues by the age of 4 that I had learned to ask for a second opinion.  Turns out that she had not had a seizure and now at age 13 has never had another seizure-like episode and has never been on anti-seizure meds.This book reminded me of how important it is for parents to trust their gut, ask questions, look for alternative solutions if the solutions they have been given are not providing positive results.  This is a well-written book and it gives hope to all those children and parents who have been correctly diagnosed and those who have not been.  I am grateful for parents who have the courage to write about their experiences!