\n Rachel Murphy, from Oldbury, was recognised by Epilepsy Action for the exceptional support she provided for her son Jack, who was diagnosed with epilepsy earlier this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n She was nominated by her son, who praised her unwavering support during his diagnosis.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jack said: “I was a normal 18-year-old, enjoying my first year of university.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Then, suddenly, I had my first seizure in March of this year.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He described the series of unpredictable seizures and how his world changed drastically.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It came as a huge shock to me,” he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My independence fell more by the day. My friends didn\u2019t want to go out with me because they were scared I\u2019d have a seizure.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But through all of this, my mum was there for me.\n<\/p>\n
\n “She never missed a beat.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Although she is 150 miles away in Oldbury, Jack said she was always there for him, answering his late-night calls and liaising with healthcare professionals.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “She\u2019s made every call, chased every answer, calmed every panic, and never once made me feel like I\u2019m too much.\n<\/p>\n
\n “She\u2019s never treated this condition as something I\u2019m facing. She\u2019s taking it on with me.”\n<\/p>\n
\n On receiving her award, Rachel said: “I don\u2019t feel I deserve it because I\u2019m doing what any parent would.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When situations change, you change with your child.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Having only been diagnosed with epilepsy recently, Jack is still adapting to the sudden changed in his life. He said that Epilepsy Action\u2019s services have been a vital part of this.\n<\/p>\n
\n Epilepsy Action is dedicated to bettering the lives of people with epilepsy and provides a national network of support groups, with expert advice available on its freephone helpline 0808 800 5050 and online at the Epilepsy Action website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel Murphy, from Oldbury, was recognised by Epilepsy Action for the exceptional support she provided for her son…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114980464226979466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}