Mickie’s Miracles advocates for parents to get their child an urgent diagnosis and the highest level of care at Level IV Pediatric Epilepsy Centers, increases awareness about the catastrophic dangers of pediatric epilepsy, and fights for legislative change to reduce barriers to care and research funding.
Introducing the “Caring for Caregivers Mental Health Program”
One out every two parents caring for children with threatening illnesses suffer from acute anxiety and depression symptoms — and that’s why Mickie’s Miracles is now providing mental health support for parents and other caregivers of medically complicated children.
The primary goal of the CFCMHP is to support the caregivers of medically complicated children through mental health conversations and practical coping mechanisms.
The Pediatric Epilepsy Podcast
The Pediatric Epilepsy Podcast provides a space for conversations that are both heart wrenching, hopeful and inspiring. We’ll be talking with parents doing their best to manage their child’s epilepsy, taking on issues like mental health and the need for urgency when dealing with a diagnosis or treatment, and talking with the world’s most respected pediatric epileptologists and caregivers at all levels — all within a comfortable, caring and creative setting.
Mickie’s Miracles: Beyond the Diagnosis
Epilepsy is a progressive disease that is catastrophic to the developing brain. It is a chronic medical condition that is marked by recurrent seizures. A seizure is an event of altered brain function which is caused by abnormal or excessive electrical discharges from brain cells.
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, it affects up to one percent of the population in the US. More than 45,000 children are diagnosed with Epilepsy each year.
A Pediatric Epileptologist is a Pediatric Neurologist that specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and management of Epilepsy in children. These doctors are highly trained in reading EEGs and other diagnostic tools in regards to Epilepsy. An Epileptologist is the highest level of care one can seek in the epilepsy field.
Walking for Warriors November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and our CEO and Visionary Founder Kristie Griess is #WalkingforWarriors “Today I walk for Jane, the first warrior I supported getting to level 4 epilepsy center for proper diagnosis and treatment.” This will be the first of the #WalkingforWarriors series for Epilepsy Awareness Month. https://youtu.be/ozmGD7ziPnc
The Pediatric Epilepsy Podcast provides a space for conversations that are both heart wrenching, hopeful and inspiring. We’ll be talking with parents doing their best to manage their child’s epilepsy, taking on issues like mental health and the need for urgency when dealing with a diagnosis or treatment, and talking with the world’s most respected […]
Mikayla ‘Mickie’ was born on October 26, 2011. She was three months old when she had her first seizure. By nine months old, she had failed over eight anti-seizure medications and was diagnosed with Intractable Epilepsy and Infantile Spasms. Each month that passed, she fell further and further behind her peers in development. I […]
Walking for Warriors November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and our CEO and Visionary Founder Kristie Griess is #WalkingforWarriors “Today I walk for Jane, the first warrior I supported getting to level 4 epilepsy center for proper diagnosis and treatment.” This will be the first of the #WalkingforWarriors series for Epilepsy Awareness Month. https://youtu.be/ozmGD7ziPnc
Walking for Warriors November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and our CEO and Visionary Founder Kristie Griess is #WalkingforWarriors “Today I walk for Jane, the first warrior I supported getting to level 4 epilepsy center for proper diagnosis and treatment.” This will be the first of the #WalkingforWarriors series for Epilepsy Awareness Month. https://youtu.be/ozmGD7ziPnc
The Pediatric Epilepsy Podcast provides a space for conversations that are both heart wrenching, hopeful and inspiring. We’ll be talking with parents doing their best to manage their child’s epilepsy, taking on issues like mental health and the need for urgency when dealing with a diagnosis or treatment, and talking with the world’s most respected […]