Our CBD Oil Story

This is my CBD Oil start and how CBD Oil got to Kentucky. Nothing prepares parents for the first crisis that involves their child. Since day one, Colten had given us a run for our money. Two extra digits on his right foot (What?! Yes. It was the craziest little foot, but it was still adorable), a week-long stay in ICU 4 days after birth while he lounged under lights, and we prayed for him to eat. Nothing with him went according to plan. Looking back now, I’m glad it didn’t. Because it was our plan, he wouldn’t adhere to it. God had another.

In January 2009, at age 3, Colten had his first tonic-clonic seizure while on the stairs with his brother, Gunner (6), and our Great Dane pup, Angus.

boys and their dog

<— That’s them!! (a few weeks before the first seizure.) Adorable, weren’t they?

Hearing the fall followed by Gunner’s yell, running in, and seeing Colten… No. Words. Can. Describe. We aren’t the first parents to see something like this, and sadly won’t we be the last. But needless to say, this scared everyone. I Bill went into rescue mode doing all the things one shouldn’t do with someone mid-seizure. Adriane called 911 and freaked out on the operator. The city of Lexington was shut down due to a ice storm.  Understandably, Gunner ran and hid. (Poor guy.) We weren’t prepared for that day. Thankfully, the EMTs were. Excellent is a word I often use to describe them, and it doesn’t do them justice.

At the hospital, we answer all the doctor’s questions except one. Did the seizure cause the fall, or did the fall cause the seizure? Until that moment, we hadn’t given it any thought. In our minds, the fall caused the seizure. What do you mean? Are you saying this could happen again?

It did. Several times. And it seemed that each additional seizure bred three more. Soon he was up to hundreds of seizures a day, from Myoclonic, Absence, Clonic, Tonic, and Atonic to Generalized Tonic-Clonic. Frightened. That’s what we were. We had no idea what was causing the seizures. Tests were inconclusive. We watched as everyday activities, things we took for granted, became an issue or cause for concern.

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