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Highlights
- When your child is hurting, all you want is for them to feel better ...Author Jennifer Drake Simmons spent years watching her son's medical condition impact his life.
- Author(s): Jennifer Drake Simmons
- 198 Pages
- Health + Wellness, Diseases
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Book Synopsis
When your child is hurting, all you want is for them to feel better ...
Author Jennifer Drake Simmons spent years watching her son's medical condition impact his life. On the roller coaster of getting better and getting worse, her family sought answers from medicine and nutrition, hoping for a way for Will to feel better and stop the "bad guys" in his head from controlling his body.
Still, the seizures continued, and the family adapted, twisting and turning to follow the path his epilepsy took.
The toll on a child dealing with this is saddening, and that extends to the family. As Jennifer said, "Tears of fear and anxiety had worn a groove in my heart."
Will's journey may be unique, but every family who has dealt with this searches for answers, searches for hope.
A Mom's Will is about the Simmons family's journey, finding strength, trying new treatments, and eventually coming out of the storm.
Jennifer beautifully details their story, with the laughter and tears that ripple through medical quests, helping other families see that they too can find a way!
A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book go toward the Epilepsy Association.
Review Quotes
"With honesty and vulnerability, A Mom's Will opens the doors to Jennifer's heart and invites readers to witness the emotional journey she and her family embarked upon in the face of her son's epilepsy diagnosis and challenges through his childhood.
"Through Jennifer's captivating and raw storytelling, readers are immersed in the rollercoaster of emotions, medical realities, and social implications of raising a child with epilepsy. Moreover, the book highlights the transformative role of nutrition in Will's journey, offering hope and inspiration to other families on a similar path. With every turn of the page, Jennifer's narrative becomes an invaluable resource, revealing the power of resilience, vulnerability, strength, perseverance, and love."
Susan Ceklosky
Licensed Sports Nutritionist (LSN) and Certified Weight Loss Coach
______"Jennifer Simmons is a gift from God. I am so very thankful for her friendship during a dark time in my life. I met Jen through a friend, and I am so grateful for the message to give her a call.
"In 2021, our five year old started having seizures. It was very scary. Thankfully, Jen was always available-a lot of times during the car ride to and from the hospital, we would talk. I would cry. Jen always had reassuring words that everything would be ok. She was always so knowledgeable. We grew to become good friends, and we could see that her son Will and Jonathan are very similar.
"Thanks to Jen and ALL of her help with the Keto diet, our Jonathan celebrated one year seizure-free on June 4, 2023.
"This journey is very hard. I'm blessed my path crossed with Jen. I am so excited for you to read this story and get hope for your journey as well! Congratulations, Jen and her beautiful family!"
Lisa Bruce
Mother of five, including a son diagnosed with epilepsy
______"Mateo's epilepsy diagnosis left us stunned, fearful, anxious, and hopeless-with suffocating anxiety, feeling uneducated and overwhelmed with no support or guidance.
"After a seizure at preschool, a teacher put us in touch with Jen. Our first conversation gave me comfort and hope. Jen spoke my language and helped us navigate through the next several months.
"Jen has been the greatest blessing and biggest supporter throughout our epilepsy journey. Putting our faith in God and having Jen as a support brought us peace and guidance.
"After we had six months of hospital admissions, testing, countless failed medications, and awful behavioral side effects, Jen lead us to keto. The keto diet has kept Mateo out of the ICU and back to life as a five-year-old boy. Mateo will be one year seizure free in July 2022, and we are weaning off our last seizure medication.
"Will's story and his mother's perseverance gave us hope in the darkest of times. We have embraced keto in our lives and Mateo's Doose diagnosis. Mateo now wants to be a keto chef when he grows up."
Jennifer Tsangaris, MSN, CRNA
Epilepsy mom friend
