Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy - SUDEP

Story by: Jocelyn Maminta
(WTNH) - Thousands of people in Connecticut live with epilepsy. But there is an uncommon condition linked to the seizure disorder that you may not know about. It is called Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy .

You could count on 15-year-old Kim Piercy for just about everything.

"She was a volunteer for the American Cancer Society ," said Hedy Kelley, Kim's mother. "She was a Sunday school teacher, she was a girl scout as well as an assistant leader to a couple of Daisy troops."

That can do attitude continued even after getting diagnosed with epilepsy. But a second seizure sent Kim to the hospital, leading to tragic results.

"They said that they contacted her specialist, they wanted to monitor her blood levels of her meds, took her home that night and found her the next morning," said Frank Piercy, Kim's father. "She had passed during the night."

Kim died of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy or SUDEP.

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