Jude is a happy little boy with a cheeky smile and loves watching The Wiggles and bouncing on his trampoline.

His epilepsy is a result of a brain injury caused by meningitis and sepsis at just 24 days old.

His first seizures occurred during the acute stage of meningitis and were tough to control.

After 18 months of being seizure-free, Jude began showing strange rhythmic movements at bedtime.

After sharing videos with his neurology team, an EEG confirmed that he was having seizures again.

Jude responded well to medication and remained seizure-free for over a year.

He was weaned off medication but only stayed seizure-free for another 18 months until a recent long, frightening seizure confirmed his official epilepsy diagnosis.

Jude is now medicated again and doing well. Jude’s mum offers this advice: “Trust your gut! It’s better to ask too many questions than not enough – it could be life-changing.”