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We are new to this forum. Just a short background on Reinardt. He contracted Meningitis two weeks after he turned 5 years old (Oct 2006). During his stay in hospital he developed Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS). For those who do not know what GBS is: Paralysis from head to toe. His body's defence mechanism turn onto his own body destroying the cover of the nerve system throughout his body. He spent 12 days in ICU and it took almost 3 months before he could "walk" again. He recoved from this with only a little bit of residual. 19 months later we noticed that he rotates his eyes when exposed to the direct sunlight. Took him for EEG - Photosensitive Epilepsy was diagnosed. It's been 4 months now. He started taking Epilem from day one and had to adjust to the situation like wearing sunglasses and a cap when playing outside. Is there anybody in this forum's data bank who has this. We've been through so much already and I would really want to understand what he is experiencing now. The sun is the only trigger so far that we know of that causes him to rotate his eyes accompanied with a hand-waving action in front of his eyes. Any info will help. Thanks Reinardt's mom Jane
We are new to this forum. Just a short background on Reinardt. He contracted Meningitis two weeks after he turned 5 years old (Oct 2006). During his stay in hospital he developed Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS). For those who do not know what GBS is: Paralysis from head to toe. His body's defence mechanism turn onto his own body destroying the cover of the nerve system throughout his body. He spent 12 days in ICU and it took almost 3 months before he could "walk" again. He recoved from this with only a little bit of residual. 19 months later we noticed that he rotates his eyes when exposed to the direct sunlight. Took him for EEG - Photosensitive Epilepsy was diagnosed. It's been 4 months now. He started taking Epilem from day one and had to adjust to the situation like wearing sunglasses and a cap when playing outside. Is there anybody in this forum's data bank who has this. We've been through so much already and I would really want to understand what he is experiencing now. The sun is the only trigger so far that we know of that causes him to rotate his eyes accompanied with a hand-waving action in front of his eyes. Any info will help. Thanks Reinardt's mom Jane