Like many parents, every decision Kari and Kirk Olavson make about the care of their 3-year-old son has his best interests at heart.

But it's different for them. And for Jacob.

Jacob had his first seizure when he was three days old. Since then the Anoka family has coped with the chronic uncertainty and never-ending medical treatments that come with caring for a child who often has dozens of seizures a day and at the worst, as many as 40. After trying medication after medication that sometimes provides short-term relief, the seizures always come back.

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