But here's a jock everyone can admire. Sean Matile doesn't want you to think he's special unless, of course, he does what he's paid to do, which is stop pucks for the Richmond Renegades. He doesn't want sympathy, either. Epilepsy is a neurological condition that makes people susceptible to seizures caused by a malfunction in the electrical system that controls the brain. About 4 million people in North America have epilepsy.
Seizures can occur at any time.
Some are so subtle hardly anyone, even the person affected, knows they're happening. The first came when he was an infant. The latest happened five months ago while employed by the AHL Providence Bruins. I had meningitis when I was 2 or 3, a pretty sick kid. Everything stopped, and then they revived me.