HeyJaredThe Parenting Epilepsy and Special Needs Podcast with Erica Hauser
As a mother and caregiver of a child with a complex medical background and special needs that all started as a result of epilepsy, I felt a calling to create a podcast that tells the story of our journey.
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When Is It Time to Explore Epilepsy Surgery? Our Family’s Journey to a Surgical Workup (opens the original)
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When do you know it’s time to explore epilepsy surgery? This is a question I see come up again and again among parents of children with complex drug resistant epilepsy, and it’s one that my husband and I had to face when our daughter was still a toddler. In this episode, I’m sharing our personal journey of how we went from trying multiple medications to beginning an extensive epilepsy surgery evaluation—and ultimately making the incredibly difficult decision to move forward with a hemispherectom
The Feelings We Don’t Talk About: Making Space for the Hard Parts of Parenting Epilepsy (opens the original)
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When you’re parenting a child with epilepsy or complex medical needs, there can be so much to manage that your own feelings get pushed to the bottom of the list. The appointments. The medications. The seizures. The research. The decisions. The therapies. The uncertainty about what comes next. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, you may find yourself simply… keeping busy. Keeping busy to avoid the very valid and true feelings that you are having. In this episode, I’m talking about something
Life With a Wheelchair: The Everyday Challenges of Parenting a Child With Epilepsy and Disabilities (opens the original)
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There are so many things that nobody prepares you for when you become the parent of a child with a disability, complex medical needs, and mobility challenges. For our family, life changed significantly after our daughter underwent a hemispherectomy at just 4 years old. When we left inpatient rehabilitation with a wheelchair, we thought it would be temporary. However, life went a different direction than we originally anticipated and her wheelchair became her primary way of getting around. Over t
Always on High Alert: The Exhaustion of Being a Hypervigilant Medical Mom (opens the original)
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When you’re the mom of a child with epilepsy, special needs, or complex medical needs, it can feel like you’re never truly able to turn your brain off. You’re constantly watching, checking, monitoring, planning, researching, anticipating, and preparing for what might happen next. For some of us, seizures have been part of our child’s life for years. We know that a seizure cluster can happen unexpectedly. We know that rescue medication might be needed. We know that sometimes plans change quickly
What Life Was Really Like After Our Daughter’s Hemispherectomy: The First 7 Weeks (opens the original)
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When I think back to the days and months following our daughter’s right hemispherectomy surgery, I want to give that woman, her husband and her kids HUGE hugs, because they did it. They survived what might have been the hardest period of their lives. But when you are in it, at least from my perspective as a mom, you don’t necessarily see it that way. You are focused on living minute by minute and day by day, simply trying to survive and get to the other side. You look for the wins. You celebrate
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