Today ( Oct 23rd) would have been my sister's 32nd birthday. She died 6 years ago when she stopped breathing during an epileptic fit. They called it SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy)

Recently, our 3 year old son Dexter was Diagnosed with epilepsy.
Of all the fits that he has had, half of them have been during his sleep.

He currently co sleeps with us in the hope that his fits will wake us. We have been very lucky that this has been the case so far.

One of the factors that increases the risk of SUDEP in epilepsy sufferers is when the epilepsy begins at an early age. Another is if the seizures happen at night.

We would like to raise money to be able to buy him a bed sensor that it would alert us to his fits and enable him to sleep in his own bed. We would also like to invest in an anti suffocation pillow so that he will still be able to breath should another sleep seizure happen.

Should any money be left over, it will be donated to Sudep Action

Your help in this would be eternally appreciated.