What caught my attention is in these young -- up to age 2 or so -- photos, he was very engaged in most of the pictures, looking at his parents, laughing and in some pictures I can vividly remember from People magazine during the period he was laughing and mischevious. People did a photoshoot at their California home when Jett was very young and they were in the pool playing and having a great time. At that period of their life Jett was not kept from the limelight as he has been in these last years of his life.
This makes me tend to believe there is something that happened to him around age two, as Kelly Travolta has always maintained, that caused the changes in him.
While I realize the walking on tip toes and other things "can" indicate autism, it is entirely possible the high fevers they described (from the sudden illness he was subjected to) could have caused the start of his seizures and even brain damage. People who have seen him may have "assumed" he was austic.
Fact is... we don't know. Only the Travolta family knows, and people who insist on posting unsubstantiated gossip at a time like this are being horribly cruel; and blaming his death on their religion is just as bad. I am not a fan of Scientology, not a fan of some other religions either, but I am not going to blame their religion on their sons death because one Freeper is on a tear to "expose" Scientology. The last time I checked, we still have the right to worship as we see fit in this country.
Walking on tip-toes is a big sign of cerebral palsy which is brain damage.
Something was definitely wrong with him. I feel sorry for the family.
What I have found being a seizure sufferer is that with all the wonders of medicine we have now, the medical world still can’t pinpoint the causes of seizures in some people. I have been to a few different doctors and neurologists, had many tests performed and no one can agree on what the cause is. They started a few months after a back surgery I had where I had to be re opened due to infection. Some doctors point to the infection. As my seizures continued I have now had a few doctors point towards stress as I have gone through a workman’s comp case, divorce, child custody battle and an unrelated medical problem that has landed me in the hospital where I have had seizures 3 times while hospitalized. They have basically given up on trying to discover why they are occurring and now just are content when I don’t have any that the treatment is working.
Unless I’ve missed it, no one has talked about these seizure medications and how strong they are. Having worked with a lot of neuro patients with chronic seizures, these seizure drugs can create zombies out of children. Parents have said, “I want my child back.” “She walks around like she’s drunk.” “I don’t recognize my child anymore.” “It’s like he’s looking right through us.” “These drugs take my child’s brain and suck the life out of him.” Many of these kids become so sedate or “out of it” that for their own protection, they’re fitted with helmets because of the seizures, the medication or both.
Having a child who is prone to seizures is an emotional journey that sometimes never ends. Seeing your child seize for the first time, I’d guess that all parents never want to see their child go through it again. Wouldn’t any parent want to do anything to make it stop? However for some parents who’ve dealt with scores of drugs and treaments where their children become unrecognizable, sometimes getting their “child back” for a while is where they need to go.