Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Olena Dmytriieva:
As I said earlier, my daughter has epileptic seizures every day. For 12 years we tried to find some decision ourselves and doctors tried different plans and medicines. I was afraid of how she would feel during this trip, but I can say that it was better than I expected for her. After Ukraine, we were three days in a Polish camp and after that we went through different countries. For a few days, she was without a seizure. Only in France was the first epileptic seizure. After that, when we arrived here, she was without epileptic seizure for the first week but after that she was worse. I am very thankful to our GP who gave us the necessary medicine. We were in hospital in Wexford and now we are trying to add a new medicine and will look how it feels. We are waiting for an appointment with a nevrolog in Dublin on 27 September. We believe this doctor can maybe help us.
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