When Traditional Medicine Failed Them, Parents Of Epileptic Boy Turned To A Controversial Treatment
The Sacramento Bee follows a couple's journey in treating their 3-year-old son who has a life-threatening form of epilepsy. Forrest and Nicole Hurd didn't realize that search for a cure would pull them into a deepening rift over the use of medical marijuana.
The Sacramento Bee:
The Silas Project: Can Experimental Marijuana Treatments Save A Young Boy’S Life?
The first seizure struck when he was 3. Soon, Silas Hurd was having hundreds a month. Doctors would tell his parents, Forrest and Nicole, that their son had a rare and life-threatening form of epilepsy. The diagnosis set the family on a years-long journey to find a cure, one that has tested their courage, stretched their definition of medicine and put them on the front lines of a county fighting over its marijuana use. A three-part series. (Hect, 5/31)