Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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Lance Fogan’s insightful and heart-rending book, “Dings”, a piece of art that touches on a variety of facets of life, is now available for purchase

Author Reputation Press has published Lance Fogan’s Dings. By expressing compassion, gentleness, and power in conquering the hardships of marriage and life in general, this book strikes the reader’s very core. The novel is surely profound, catering not just to the readers’ emotions but also to their thoughts. Dings lays out medical knowledge, which aids readers’ understanding of epilepsy-related issues.

The story follows a mother’s attempt to care for her son (Conner) while he suffers from an unknown illness. Conner’s school says he isn’t ready to move up to the third grade. His teacher advises him to repeat the second grade. Conner’s father is deployed in Iraq on a combat mission, and the adults in his life believe that stress and concern about his father’s deployment have hampered his academic performance.

Sandra, Conner’s mother, on the other hand, is enraged since she is forced to deal with her son’s condition on her own. Conner’s concerns are identified by a psychologist, who seeks to reduce the child’s tension. However, the adults are unaware of the boy’s true situation. His pals think he acts “strange” at times because he has unrecognized blank outs. Sandra’s husband returns from the war, but not all is as it seems. He’s evolved. Sam drinks more, snaps at his family, and has awful dreams, all of which are PTSD symptoms, but he denies that anything is wrong.

Sandra’s emotional strains are increasing. She observes her husband’s inability to emotionally support her as they try to comprehend their son’s issues, and she doubts that she will be able to keep her family together.

Conner develops a high fever and convulsions one night. He receives a brain CT scan and a spinal tap in the local E.R. The doctor advises the parents that the convulsion could be caused by epilepsy. Conner is referred to a neurologist. Sandra takes epilepsy’s mere mention as a personal assault. How could her son have such a terrible and stigmatizing illness? He had never experienced a seizure in his life. When they meet the neurologist, everything in their lives changes.

Conner’s mother is horrified when he is diagnosed with epilepsy. She wonders if her child can now be called normal and if he will ever be able to live a normal life. This family’s remarkable collaborative clinical and emotional journey to help their son will be chronicled. 

Epilepsy affects sixty million individuals globally, including three million Americans. DINGS is fascinating and enlightening reading for anybody, but especially for those who have been affected by this disease directly or indirectly. A useful glossary of epilepsy terms and medical information is included at the conclusion of the book for the readers’ convenience.

The book is now available for purchase via our bookstore, https://authorreputationpress.com/products/dings.

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