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02612aam a2200433 i 4500 001 5F3385ACA2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230202010041 008 211126t20222022nyu e 000 0deng d 020 $a 1637584202 020 $a 9781637584200 035 $a (OCoLC)1286365983 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d DPL $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Palmieri, Marc, $e author. 245 10 $a She danced with lightning : $b my daughter's struggle with epilepsy and her boundless will to live / $c Marc Palmieri. 264 1 $a New York ; $b Post Hill Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xiv, 253 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Part family memoir, part medical mystery involving severe epilepsy, She Danced with Lightning follows one girl's battle to persevere as a competitive dancer, culminating in a terrifying decline, a courageous performance, and an eleventh hour, life-saving brain surgery. Eleven-year-old Anna has lived all her life with severe epilepsy. Despite the ravage of thousands of violent seizures and heavy medications, she has thrived at school, athletics, and her greatest passion -- dance. As she approaches her twelfth birthday, Anna's condition takes a dire turn. Her health declines quickly and a new diagnosis is revealed, leaving the family only one excruciating choice. A parent's memoir about the medical mysteries of epilepsy and the personal suffering of raising a child with a deadly health condition, She Danced with Lightning is told from the perspective of Anna's dream-chasing father, who comes to learn from her a strength and courage he never imagined possible"--Back cover. 600 10 $a Palmieri, Anna $x Health. 600 10 $a Palmieri, Marc $x Family. 650 0 $a Epilepsy in children. 650 0 $a Epileptics $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Epilepsy $v Biography. 650 0 $a Brain $x Surgery $v Biography. 650 0 $a Chronic diseases in children. 650 7 $a Brain $x Surgery. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00837672 650 7 $a Chronic diseases in children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00860098 650 7 $a Epilepsy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914183 650 7 $a Epilepsy in children. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914207 650 7 $a Epileptics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00914223 650 7 $a Families. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 $a Health. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00952743 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 941 $a 1 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230202011250.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F3385ACA2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search