The No-Hope Diagnosis

Chapter 47 of Seizure Mama and Rose by Flower Roberts ( Amazon)

The team of specialists were to meet to discuss Rose’s case mid-July. They would look at all her records and tests and collaborate on her case. Then the famous lead physician would call with results and recommendations.
We waited impatiently to hear the news. We were on edge. Were we headed into a surgery? Would we be testing a new drug?
When the call came, it was not what we had hoped for.
There were a lot of percentages rattled off over the phone. At some point my brain switched off. All I remember is the no-hope number of 5%.
If they opened her skull and placed electrodes on her brain there was a 50% chance of finding the source. If they found the source and removed it, there was a 50% chance of improvement, along with a…