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Kristy Dawson

Little boy's bad dreams turned out to be epilepsy - now he has around 40 seizures a day

Meet little Ethan Cavenagh - the five year old who suffers from around 40 seizures a day.

When his mum Sarah Stothard first spotted him shaking while in bed she initially believed that he was having a bad dream. However the 39-year-old raised the alarm after realising the same thing was happening to him during the day.

The mum-of-two rushed Ethan to A&E and he was diagnosed with epilepsy at the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle. However, as medication is not stopping Ethan's seizures, he has now been referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for more tests.

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