"Our son Daniel sadly passed away suddenly
in December just 5 months old. Daniel started
having seizures when he was just 3 days old.
He was so young and we would find him half
way through his seizures and wonder why he
was staring up in the air and breathing slightly
different. We'd never seen one from the start
till he was 2 weeks old when his colour changed
to blue and his eyes went squint and we knew
there was something seriously wrong. Daniel
was taken to hospital in Dumfries for observation
for 3 days, discharged for 2 days and then
was back in hospital for 5 weeks between Dumfries
and Yorkhill in Glasgow.
Daniel was diagnosed with epilepsy after
a seizure which lasted 25 mins while he
was on an EEG. He was put on medication
to control his epilepsy and it seemed to
be helping as he only had one more seizure
during the 20 weeks he was on it whereas
at the beginning he was having one every
4 or 5 days. As time went on and with help
from a physio he was doing brilliantly,
starting to relax more and reaching out
for things.
Daniel was such an alert wee boy, always
taking everything in and laughing and smiling
at everyone. He was beautiful with his big
blue eyes, dark hair and pure skin. He had
everything to go through with lumbar punctures
and blood tests but he was always so brave
and happy. He totally loved his big sister
Molly who is 4 and she was always trying
to mother him and make him smile. Daniel
also loved getting baths with Molly and
getting sung Twinkle Twinkle too. His dad
Alex was already getting him into the football
and he loved sitting on his knee watching
it on the tele.
We are going to do everything we can to
make a good name for Daniel by raising as
much money as we can for Epilepsy Research
UK to help others. Daniel is our brave wee
soldier who was taken too soon and too young.
He has touched a lot of people's lives with
his bravery and big flirty smiles and will
never be forgotten.
Love you our wee angel, Love your big sisters Molly and Aleesha.
Love you and miss you so much Daniel our wee star, Mummy and Daddy."
Rebecca Foster and Alexander McColm, December 2010
Donations to Daniel’s memorial fund can
be made through this site using the link
below, or via his memorial fund page on
www.justgiving.com by clicking here.
Donate to the
Daniel McColm Memorial Fund
Epilepsy Research UK would like to thank
Rebecca Foster, Alexander McColm and their
family for their involvement with us. Our memorial funds play an essential part
in funding the charity's research. This
year, they are supporting a project led
by Professor
Mark Richardson, which is exploring
the complex brain networks involved in temporal
lobe epilepsy.
