Episode 76: Mike and Karen Valentine

Published: May 25, 2017, 4:30 a.m.

Mike and Karen Valentine had a great life. They called them their \u201csalad\u201d years.\xa0Their life dramatically changed when their second son was born with the cord around his neck and an Apgar score of 0. After a miraculous resuscitation in the hospital, they went home with a baby who doctors said was normal. When their son wasn't quite 2, he had a seizure. Doctors couldn't figure out what was going on. A diagnosis was finally given months later, after a\xa0grand mal seizure. Suddenly their life was filled with fear and\xa0a hyper awareness to mundane things like eating and pooping.

In this episode, Mike, Karen, and Mark talk about teaching an older sibling to deal with the same thing adults can\u2019t even deal with. They chat about\xa0using Facebook as a highlight reel (Just because I have a happy face doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s gone), and they dig deep into the effect epilepsy has had on their relationship.