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A Diagnosis They Share: A Mother & Daughter’s KCNA2 Journey with Dr. Nancy Musarra & Sarah Tompkins
What is it like to discover that the rare epilepsy affecting your child is also part of your own story?
In this episode of The KCNA2 & Rare Epilepsy Podcast, host Dr. Nancy Musarra talks with Sarah Tompkins about growing up with seizures, learning challenges, anxiety, motherhood, and the unexpected discovery that both she and her daughter, Arya, have KCNA2.
Sarah shares that her first seizure happened when she was just 8 months old. As she grew up, she experienced tonic-clonic seizures, seizure triggers, special education, significant challenges with reading and writing, and anxiety around…
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