5800 A River Pond Rd., Manhattan, KS
The JWS Hope Epilepsy Walk and 5K is a Running race in Manhattan, Kansas consisting of a 5K.
JW's Epilepsy Walk began 8 years ago to raise epilepsy awareness. JW Lister is 11 years old and began having seizures at 23 months. He was diagnosed with epilepsy and getting his seizures controlled and understanding the disorder was a struggle. In 2013, we found a wonderful epileptologist at the Cleveland Clinic that studied JW's case thoroughly. The new treatment kept JW seizure free for over 3 years. Three Novembers ago he had a breakthrough seizure, which proves the sad reality that there is no cure for epilepsy. Even with the break through seizure, we are still very thankful that JW's EEG's are normal and he does not have to
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