Posted: January 28th, 2012
Erie’s Kaitlyn Slomski on Today Show
Kaitlyn Slomski, at left, and her mom, Jill Thompson Slomski, at right, are headed to the Today Show for a Thursday morning segment on Everyone has a Story. Kaitlyn has epilepsy, and she e-mailed her story to the Today Show. Her mom and brother, Jon, were also interviewed. Her dad is Jerry Slomski of Erie.
A graduate of Fairview High School, she graduated from Mercyhurst College with a degree in marketing management and attained her graduate degree from Gannon University, the 25-year-old completed an essay on her inspiring story. For more on this story, check out the upcoming article in the Erie Times-News.
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Good luck, Kait!!! I will be watching the show and rooting you on!!
Congratulations on following your heart to first of all write the essay and then to have it chosen! How remarkable. Keep following your heart! I look forward to seeing you on the show.
When I saw the Mercyhurst sweatshirt on the Today show, I wondered if Kaitlyn was from Erie. What a great showing for someone from Erie.
What an amazing young lady! Your story inspired me and spoke to my heart. Does Kaitlyn have a website, blog or facebook page?
Mom of a daughter with Epilepsy diagnosed summer before her senior yr of high school. Similar story but she had myoclonic tics before her grand mal and fell onto her head at 8 mths old. Yes, thankful for medication and she is 18 and a sophomore in college 300 miles away. Wondering which medication you are using Kaitlyn and do you use any vitamins?
Kaitlyn, just watched you on today show…OMG, you would not believe how much we have in common. I am now 50 years old and was diagnosed in 2000 with epilepsy, due to, so my neurologist says a severe auto accident in 1977. The right side of my head was completely crushed with 3 pieces of bone pressing against my brain. The dr.s removed the bone and wired them together to reform my skull. I was fine till 98 when I had my first “blackout” Yada yada. I have lost my last 2 jobs due to sick days when I was in my “zone” totally out of it. But here I am. Keep up your good work with the foundation, and best of luck to you! Love ya lots! Valerie
Thank you for sharing your story. I have an 8 year old daughter diagnosed with Absent Seizures. To see you living an active life as a beautiful young lady, makes me smile. Watching you on the Today show, gives me a positive outlook on my daughter’s future. Thank you, Rebecca Banks
Hi Kaitlyn,
I saw your segment on the Today Show and I wanted to cry, not out of pity, but out of relief because I felt like finally their was someone that understood how I felt. I had never had seizures in my life until I turned 32yrs. old and without warning collapsed in the floor. I was told that I had some type of seizure disorder, but the doctors in my town were not sure type and it took me going to a doctor that specialized in epilepsy in a bigger city with more advanced technology to diagnose me with frontal lobe epilepsy. I was told that I pre-exposed because my dad has epilepsy and it runs in his family. I’m now 40 yrs. old and my friends and even family still quite don’t understand why I can’t drive, why I can’t go to clubs and parties or places with bright lights, why flashing images on movies bother me or even sometimes causes me to have a seizure, why I get depressed at times because after going on dates a few times and the subject has to be brought up and the guy suddenly doesn’t want to see me again, or how if I get really stressed out or why I can’t remember things sometimes as simple as doing math or spelling that I learned before going to school as a child. When I saw you and heard your story I didn’t feel so alone. Thank you!!!
WOW!! Thank you everyone who has written such wonderful and touching stories. When I read this on the ride home from NYC, I was brought to tears…sobbing actually! This is the outcome that I was desperately hoping for by going on The Today Show. I’m so thrilled that people are beginning to tell THEIR stories!
This coming week I will be putting together a website. When I get all of the information, I will surely pass it along. I do not want to let this momentum slow down. I think Epilepsy Awareness is being propelled forward and I’m so excited about it! I want to have neurologist info, stories, meeting postings, parent info, medication info, etc. NOTHING BORING OR SCARY – JUST HELPFUL AND EMPOWERING!!
Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart, I’m truly touched.
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