My daughter Allison is a bright, talented, driven young lady. She has the whole world ahead of her and has dreams of going to college, joining the military, and making a life one day that she’s hopeful for.

When she was 7 (2020), she came inside from riding her bike, started acting zombie-like, and collapsed on the floor in front of me. She was passed out, and I thought she was dead. The second time it happened was two weeks after that; she seized on her grandmother's lap. From then on, I can’t keep track anymore of how many seizures she’s had.

I have been very patient, asking all the questions, using every proactive measure possible, and we’re going on 6 years of Allison having Photo-light Sensitive Epilepsy. We recently tried changing medications, hoping it would help. The last medication didn’t help even with the adjustments. I have remained strong until this current one happened.

Allison passed out at school and hit her head on a desk and keyboard. The way my girl feels afterward has been hard. She feels like she’s losing more and more of her strength every time this happens. It takes Allison anywhere from half a day to 72 hours to recover from a seizure event.

Her seizure before this happened while I was at work. She called for help from family members, but they almost didn’t get to her in time, and Allison almost choked on herself.

I’m coming to you all, as a mother, who loves her baby so much, more than anything in this world. Allison needs a service medical alert dog that can specialize in seizure activity and be there for her when I can’t be.

I’ve done a lot of research, and the waitlist for financial aid service dogs is hundreds of applicants long and at a 20 accepted/year rate.

The K-9 Service Dog Training Programs around the country run around $25-40k for a lifetime partnership and support. You get a dog every 10-12 years, all the supplies and equipment, training, and 1-1 support for the epileptic person and vet bills for the dog.

I don’t ever, and I don’t like asking the public, especially my family members or even my friends, for anything. I’m a very strong-willed, gracious, and flexible person who tries to take care of herself and her babies... But I’m at a place of desperation and great emotional heartache.

I’m currently in school getting my nursing degree, I work full time, and I’m trying to juggle all of this on my own.

So I’m asking everybody, even if it’s little, please help Allison or consider sharing this. I fear something happening to my baby when nobody’s around. Please help support my daughter. Give her some hope. Give her some peace, reassurance, and love, that she doesn’t have to do this big step in her Epilepsy journey alone and her community of people are here for her!