Joey Gaines
USA
Biography
Joey Gaines was born a perfectly healthy baby boy May 15, 1967, the last of 4 children. Epilepsy was not listed in the familial health history. At age 2, he became ill running a high fever causing seizures. It was not until puberty that it became clear that he had been affected by the illness as a toddler. He became afflicted with grand mal and complex partial seizures. After high school he went to work for his uncle and became a skilled craftsman, a 100 % x-ray welder. He retained his ability to weld even after the surgery and has been actively working his craft for 33 years.
Abstract
Abstract : Life after seizures and neurosurgery