Hi. My son was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 9. We went through an extremely difficult time at Boston Children’s Hospital. The were literally scratching their heads. Their only course of action was to keep trying different drug cocktails. His side effects were to most of the meds were horrendous. We finally found help at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. They knew right away what to do. My son had brain surgery at the age of 10. They removed a section of his brain they said was about the size of his fist. They made no guarantee that he would be seizure free, but it’s been 8 years and he’s been seizure free since the surgery and is doing well.