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An epileptic boy whose plight triggered the medicinal cannabis review now attends school every day and can even ride a bike due to the oil.
Alfie Dingley, seven, from Kenilworth, had his first seizure at just eight months old and went on to have thousands more, some as often as every 30 minutes.
Unsure how best to treat the youngster, his doctor pumped him with steroids that left him 'high as kite' and even caused him to suffer psychotic episodes where he would hit his four-year-old sister Annie.
After being told the medication itself could kill him or result in him being sectioned, the family moved to the Netherlands so Alfie could take part in a cannabis oil trial.
Just five weeks later, Alfie's seizures stopped, his mood improved and his cognitive abilities started to catch up.
When forced to return home and come off cannabis oil, Alfie's condition immediately deteriorated, which led to Home Secretary Sajid Javid issuing a special license for the youngster to be allowed the treatment.
With medicinal cannabis oil being available on NHS prescription from November 1, Alfie's mother Hannah Deacon said it has been a 'miracle' for her son. Cannabis oil contains THC, a compound that causes a 'high'.
'Today, Alfie is a happy and cheeky boy. He loves riding his bike and all of his cognitive development issues are much easier to deal with now,' she said.
Alfie Dingley was 'high as a kite' after his doctor pumped him with steroids to control his severe epilepsy. At risk of death or being sectioned after the medication turned him psychotic, the youngster has made a remarkable recovery and can even ride a bike due to cannabis oil
Alfie's mother Hannah Deacon (right) made the difficult decision to move her family to the Netherlands so he could take part in a cannabis oil trial. Just five weeks on, his condition improved remarkably, with his seizures stopping and him becoming a happy little boy
Speaking of how their ordeal began, Mrs Deacon said: 'Alfie was eight months old when I heard him scream from his cot and ran up to find he was having his first catastrophic seizure.
'He went on to have cluster seizures every half hour for three and a half weeks and ended up on life support at Great Ormond Street Hospital because he was so seriously ill and they didn't know if he'd make it.
'Even though he's gone onto have thousands more seizures since, I still cry every time I see it because it's horrendous to see someone you love having a seizure.
'It turns out he has a very rare form of epilepsy which only affects nine boys in the world.
Mrs Deacon, who is married to landscaper and builder Drew, added:'It's not genetic, it's just something that's happened spontaneously for him and we don't know the reason why.
'That means we don't know his prognosis or how it's likely to progress.'
With his treatment options being limited, Alfie's doctor prescribed him strong doses of intravenous steroids
'They made him aggressive and violent, causing him to hit his sister Annie because he was high as a kite on drugs all the time,' Mrs Deacon said.
'He was always hungry and his face was puffy.
'We dealt with him like [that] up until we saw a neurologist, who told us if we carried on like that Alfie would die or the drugs would make him psychotic and that he'd have to be sectioned.
'That was not acceptable.'
Desperate, Mrs Deacon took it upon herself to research alternative treatment options and came across cannabis oil.
After nine months of research, including talking to families who had benefited from the oil, Mr Deacon spoke to her son's neurologist.
'His words to me were "you don't have a choice" meaning we had to try to get it for Alfie,' she said.
'I will be forever grateful to him for supporting us with that.'
When the family returned home and Alfie came off cannabis oil, his condition deteriorated. He was therefore granted a special license by Home Secretary Sajid Javid to take the treatment. With the oil available on NHS prescription from November 1, Mrs Deacon called it a 'miracle'