Our warrior this month is Oliver who was diagnosed with a birth injury called HIE – hypoxaemic ischaemic encephalopathy (lack of oxygen – restricted blood flow – affecting the brain). HIE is one of the major underlying causes of Infantile spasms. Half of children who have HIE which involves neonatal seizures, damage to certain areas […]
Warrior posts
Our March warrior Chloe – beating the odds.
Chloe was born unexpectedly at 28 weeks 5 days weighing a little over 3lb and spent the first 170 days of her life in hospital. She battled sepsis and meningitis in her first week and then the doctors discovered a bronchogenic cyst compressing her airway. At just under 3 weeks old she had her first […]
February warrior Tia – success with the ketogenic diet
When Tia was around 4 months old she started doing some unusual movements, we took her to hospital numerous times however we kept being told it was colic and reflux. Tia was eventually diagnosed with infantile spasms in January 2020, when she spent two weeks in hospital as she regressed with her development and was […]
Our January warrior Tristan
Our January post is an update on a previous story – written by Tristan’s dad Adrian. Looking back over the last four years it’s been one hell of a ride. There have been some highs but also some lows that have had me on my knees in tears wondering how I’m gonna have the strength […]
Our December warrior Willow – beating the odds
Willow was born on Wednesday 27th January 2021 via forceps delivery after a lengthy induction. There were no complications once she was born, just pure love and joy of our beautiful baby girl entering the world. We went home the next day and started our new lives together. Around 5-6 weeks old we noticed Willow […]
Our November warrior Abby – food as medicine.
Abby was born 6 weeks early, in July 2019, and had a rough start to life. When she was 1 day old she had seizures and we were told to prepare for the worst. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over the shock of giving birth early and the trauma of those first weeks. But […]
Our September warrior Eliza – planning for the start of school after an IS diagnosis.
Eliza’s seizures started when she was 5 months old. I kept video recordings on my phone and showed them to our local GP , we were initially told it was ‘typical baby behaviour’ until I pushed my concerns that it could be Infantile Spasms. That evening we got a call and told to go through […]
Our August warrior – Tia
Our August warrior is Tia, whose story has been written by her mum Chloe Tia started displaying “strange” movements around October 2019 when she was 3 months old. We took her up to the local A&E where they said it was reflux. I knew something wasn’t quite right and kept taking her back numerous […]
July warrior – lovely Lola.
Our UKIST warrior for July is Lola, her story is told by her mum, Lisa. On 8th May 2020 we were joining in our our street party for VE day and Lola at 7 months old was not settling to sleep, which was unusual as she loved her sleep. We noticed as she was finally […]
June warrior – Madeline – diagnosed in a pandemic
My little girl Madeline was diagnosed with IS at seven months old. I had noticed some strange movements one Thursday evening during dinner. At first I thought she just didn’t enjoy my cooking! But when they happened again over the weekend I was concerned and went to A&E first thing Sunday morning after ringing 111. […]
