"After all, she is 37-years-old, and should be able to take her dog out for a walk, shop at a grocery store, or collect mail from the mailroom of her family's apartment building without her parent's supervision."
"That's because at any given moment, Andrea's brain can unexpectedly release a burst of electric activity that causes her to temporarily lose control over her muscles, behavior and consciousness - a phenomenon known as a seizure."
"If her symptoms last longer than five minutes, they call 9-1-1, which is the protocol for handling seizures of that length."
"The unpredictability has Andrea's father, Greg, and mother, Cathi, watching their daughter like a hawk, and Andrea herself looking for a way to maintain a sense of independence."
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