Ben's story

This blog has been set up for our son Benjamin McDaniel. Ben was diagnosed with multi-focal epilepsy when he was 9 months old. He has suffered a variety of seizures ever since and they have increased in frequency. Yesterday he turned 4 yrs old.These past few years have been an emotional roller coaster ride complete with ambulance rides, hospitalizations, buckets of medications & hours of therapy.

Through it all we've had many people helping us on our journey. Amazing physicians & specialists, dedicated & supportive therapists & teachers,loving friends & family. In a few weeks the next step in our journey takes us to Johns Hopkins Hospital for admission into their ketogenic diet program. This will require a week long in-patient stay. We set up this blog so that everyone who cares about Ben can check on him while he's in the hospital. We'll update the blog daily, if possible. We value all of the love, prayers & support from the wonderful people who are a part of Ben's life. We look forward to hearing from you all & appreciate your continued, love, support & prayers.