Devoted Runner Won’t Let Epilepsy Stop Her




Katie Cooke is 20 years old, and she’s a competitive runner from Dublin. She has an extremely aggressive form of epilepsy that causes her to have up to fourteen seizures a day. It seems unlikely that someone who suffers from so many seizures could ever be a competitive runner, but Katie won’t be stopped. With the help of her neurologist-cum-running partner, she’s able to hit the roads as much as she wants.


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