Temuulen’s seizures began at age five — brief staring spells that became daily events. By nine, he was having up to 200 seizures a month, and four anti-epileptic medications had failed. School had become impossible.
The epilepsy center in Guangzhou admitted him for a full pre-surgical evaluation: long-term video-EEG captured his typical events, PET showed a subtle metabolic change in the left temporal lobe, and robotic-assisted stereo-EEG electrodes pinpointed the seizure origin with millimeter precision.
The team offered a minimally invasive resection of a 1.8 cm focus. Surgery took three hours; Temuulen was drawing in his bed the next morning.
He remained in Guangzhou for two weeks of observation, then flew home with a bilingual discharge summary, a 12-month medication taper plan and scheduled tele-video reviews.
Outcome
Seizure-free at 14 months post-surgery, medications reduced by half. Temuulen returned to school full-time.
“We counted his seizures in a notebook for four years. The notebook is empty now. — Temuulen’s mother”
All stories are anonymized composites based on real treatment journeys, shared with family consent. Names are pseudonyms and identifying details have been changed.
