About the Author

After enduring a personal life-long struggle with epilepsy, Carla has begun to devote much of her time to the education and inspiration of others through avenues such as speaking engagements, radio interviews, and published articles. Most recently, she has been developing two extensive works to elaborate on her experiences, as well as the extraordinary emotional and spiritual enlightenment she discovered throughout the years.

Carla Huelsman currently resides in Trenton, Illinois with her husband, Scott, and twelve-year old daughter, Kelsey.
 

Nationally, about 2.5 million people have some form of epilepsy. Thirty percent of them are children under the age of 18. Approximately 181,000 new cases are reported each year. A large number of adults and children have undetected or untreated epilepsy. On a global basis, three-fourths of people with epilepsy receive no treatment for their seizures.

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by seizures that recur over time. A seizure is a brief disturbance in the electrical activity of the brain that causes temporary changes in movement, awareness, feelings, or behavior.

Brain surgery may be performed if seizure activity is confined to a limited area of the brain that can be safely removed without significantly impacting personality or function.