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Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
Attorney: Jett Travolta's Medical Care

Just two days after losing his 16-year-old child, John Travolta's role as a health advocate and protector to his son is described in detail from the people who know him best.

Longtime friend and Chief Counsel Mike Ossi tells ET in a long-form interview from the Bahamas, "John not only dealt with his sons condition on a day-to-day basis, having nannies and qualified people who have been working with him, non-medical personnel working to help him in the capacity of overseeing his son's every move, but he also had some of the finest medical doctors in the world helping and advising. His focus was to try to limit the number of seizures his son had and he used some of the finest medical authorities and followed their advice in regards to the appropriate medication which would limit the amount of seizures. His son was actually on anti-seizure medication until it became ineffective. In other words, his seizures went from every three to four days, to every 21 days when he started the anti-seizure medication."

Ossi elaborates on Jett's previous condition: "However, after a couple of years, the seizures came back to the pre-medication time and the side effects were horrible and the damage that this strong type of medication can do to your body far outweighed any benefit. So, during the past, I would say, year, he was not on anti-seizure medication based on the doctor's advice."

Ossi goes on to say, "I will defer to doctors and medical experts, but I don't want anyone to think that John and Kelly did not utilize all available medical and non-medical experts in an attempt to protect the interest of his children."

I guess I don't see the logic or fairness in suggesting they are liars when they say that they stopped the meds because they weren't helping. Obviously their religious convictions didn't prevent them from putting him on the meds in the first place.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I haven't seen anything about the seizures or their treatment/non-treatment that I take issue with. My problem is whether or not the child had autism and ever rec'd any proper/targetted treatment/rehabilitation, etc for that and whether ignoring the autism led to the severity of the seizures.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
The autism orgs have been after J/K for years about Jett. Why? Because they wanted to use him as a face for autism.

If you read about the treatment approaches they have tried, it is very line with what groups like DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) and ASA (Autism Society of America) suggest. Imho, it is unfortunate that there is a perception that his 'autism' was ignored. It sounds to me like they treated his condition privately, without adopting the label of autism.

Google the autism orgs and you will see that there is a huge array of treatment options for autism. Few parents take advantage of them all. J/K used medication, vitamins and minerals, dietary and environmental changes, and a detoxification regimen. To link his death to a lack of psychotherapy seems a big stretch to me.

Autism Society of America - treatment options

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
The Travoltas had more resources than most to help their son, I have a hard time beliieving they were negligent. Sometimes bad things just happen. Maybe Jett even making it to 16 was a gift for them. It's a terrible thing.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
ITA NYH. :-(

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
J/K say that Jett did not have autism, and maybe he didn't. But something was not right. In the past, I have worked with pediatric MHMR. And the way he looked, the way of his stance, I believe that there was something mentally wrong with him. I'm not familiar with Kawasaki disease and have been getting a crash course about it in the news. I'm not really sure, but I don't think that it was Kawasaki that caused his seizures or his mental demeanor. One of the Back Street Boys was on Larry King this weekend and their son had Kawasaki disease. The child was 6, and was very verbal and mentally sound.

I totally understand if J/K wanted to keep things out of the media regarding his medical condition. That is their right to do so. But for them to totally put all the blame on Kawasaki which treatable, is misleading. And even though they have not said that is the case, the media is riding it, which is so totally wrong on their part.

As for the seizure medication; sometimes they just run their course and stop working. Sometimes they drastically cut the number of seizures, but once in a while one will happen. But there are so many different meds out there that would have, could have helped. You just don't give up on meds just because one stops working, especially with grand maul seizures. My father was an epileptic. He was on meds for grand mauls for his entire life, but he still had seizures. He knew when they would come. The meds cut down the seizures, but did not cure them. I also have cousin who o takes meds for petit mauls. The meds helped, but in NY she had to go one whole year without a seizure before obtaining her driver's license and she was unable to do that for 5 years! So they are not a miracle cure, but they do indeed cut down the number of seizures that one can have.

It would be hard to say that if he wasn't on meds, this wouldn't have happen. This could have been the big one that the meds would not have caught. No one can say. People have seizures all the time, people die from them too. Be it from the seizure itself, swallowing their tongue after losing consciousness, or hitting their head on their way down. Either way, meds or no meds, I know that J/K are hurting right now, and I wish them all the best during their time of grief.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Some nice celebrity news...

Rebecca Romijn and husband Jerry O'Connell welcomed twin girls, Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tuli, on Dec. 28, her rep tells Usmagazine.com.

"Mother, father and both girls are all home and doing well," says her rep.

Howard Stern first announced the news on his Sirius radio show Monday morning.

"They had twin girls, Dolly and Charlie," Stern said. "Rebecca likes Dolly Parton, so they named the one after Dolly Parton, and Jerry got to name the other one Charlie, but his brother’s name is Charlie -- and it’s a girl Charlie."


Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Dolly & Charlie?!?

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Aww, that's nice for them. I like Jerry. Now I hope Jerry can get a steady job and support them. Both of his last 2 tv shows in 2 years were cancelled before their first seasons were over.

Zgoodgirl
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08-22-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zgoodgirl a private message Print Post    
I always loved Charlie as a girl's name.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone know what Bristol Palin's baby's name is?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Tripp

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
WOW you are fast!!!

THANKS!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

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Guess it matches his uncles Track and Trig!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Just for the record, I like the name Bristol. I know it's that pharmaceutical company's name, but I still like it.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Bristol, Willow and Piper are way better than Track, Trig and Tripp. IMO anyways.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I am not a fan of Piper. But Willow, IMO is beautiful.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Hello Dolly comes to my mind. She might get sick of hearing that. And the perfume Charlie comes to mind too.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
What's with the TR names with the Palin family?

Dolly and Charlie are cute names, but I think the kids are going to get teased..LOL

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Bristol - best NASCAR track EVER!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
RE: The passing of John Travolta's son, Jett.

Last night I was watching Geraldo and they were discussing things the nanny was telling the public. The nanny said Jett normally sleeps 12 to 16 hours a day.

Obviously that's not normal for a regular 16 child, but I also never heard of this for an autistic child. Does anybody know what kind of ailment would do that? Perhaps it was the drugs the he had to take for ailments? I don't know. But it sounded odd to me he sleeps that much.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Well, teens can sleep a lot of hours. It's surprising. The average teen sleeps a lot of hours. (I speak from experience..LOL) Although, Em has never slept more than 9 or 10 hours.

I'm not sure about a teen with a condition such as Jett's, though.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Wow, 12-16 hours a day? That is a lot. Jett looked a lot like his dad, but his eyes always looked "off." Kind of like he was always tired.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Twiggy, on a weekend as a teen I may have slept like that on a Saturday or Sunday after being up late the night before and tired from a week of school, but Jett definitely isn't a partying teenager. And during the week that would mean he was only awake long enough to go to school, and maybe make it to dinner with the family.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
The seizures could be partly the cause although I am not an expert (my dd has had a couple random episodes and my neice has epilipsy). It could also be what Twiggy said... I have three teenage dd's and they EASILY sleep about 12 hours on the weekends and only get up because we finally go upstairs and MAKE 'EM. LOL