Ian
Ian’s future as a young man with complex epilepsy looked bleak but now, with specialist support and the best possible medical care, he is happy, settled and making progress.
Ian was a bright little boy, developing normally until, just before his seventh birthday, he started to experience seizures. As his epilepsy progressed, parents Duncan and Lorna noticed a significant gap developing between Ian and his peers.
We didn’t realise how serious Ian’s epilepsy was initially,
explains Duncan.
At one point he was on four different types of medication and we have now tried 13 different anti-epileptic drugs. We were regularly making a 200-mile round trip to hospital.
His parents realised that Ian needed special help, which he now has as a residential student at St Piers School.
Although it is 600 miles away from our home in the West Highlands, for Ian it is absolutely the right place for him to be and he loves it here,
says Lorna.
When he arrived he had low self-esteem having been out of school for over a year and suffering negative experiences in his previous schools. Now he is happy, content and has been encouraged to develop and follow his interests.
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