VALPARIASO — Her eyes grew distant. Her soft voice was slurred and broken as tears threatened to fall down her cheeks.

Gracie Wolfe was visibly scared and confused, fighting to form words she couldn’t find, breathing rigidly as she lay on the couch staring up at her parents.

The 6-year-old from Valparaiso, about 30 miles north of Lincoln, was in the midst of a focal aware seizure, meaning she was still conscious while seizing.

“Everything is OK, it’s just fine. We’re just hanging out relaxing,” her dad, Jamison Wolfe, cooed softly at her. “ I know you’re trying to fight it and it’s really tough, but you’re doing a really good job. You really are doing a fantastic job.”

“Can you hear mom and dad? You’re having a seizure, Gracie. But it’s OK,” her mom, Tes Wolfe, gently chimed in. “You

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