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   > John Travolta's Son Dies in The Bahamas   
   > Family Lawyer Attributes the 16-Year-Old's Death to Seizure   
   > By DAN CHILDS and RADHA CHITALE   
   > ABC News Medical Unit   
   > Jan. 2, 2009-   
   >   
   >   
   > John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, died Friday morning at the   
   > family's vacation home in The Bahamas after what the family's lawyer   
   > says was a seizure-related incident.   
   >   
   > The family, including Jett Travolta's mother, Kelly Preston, and his   
   > 8-year-old sister, Ella, had been celebrating the New Year in The   
   > Bahamas.   
   > "A nanny attempted to revive him, all attempts were made, but he   
   > couldn't be revived," Travolta's attorney, Michael Ossi, who is also   
   > in The Bahamas, told ABCNews.com. "They tried as hard as they could   
   > to revive Jett."   
   > Ossi added that the teenager "has had seizures in the past, but they   
   > were controlled. This one couldn't be."   
   >   
   > The seizure may be only part of the story. Royal Bahamas Police Force   
   > spokeswoman Loretta Mackey told the Associated Press that Jett   
   > Travolta died from hitting his head in a bathtub.   
   >   
   > Jett Travolta's health made national news in 2002. It was at this   
   > time that his mother disclosed that at age 2 he had had a poorly   
   > understood condition known as Kawasaki syndrome, a collection of   
   > symptoms that stem from swollen arteries.   
   >   
   > Researchers believe that inflammation from Kawasaki syndrome, or KS,   
   > can lead to convulsions and seizures.   
   >   
   > KS primarily affects children under the age of 5, though it can occur   
   > in older children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and   
   > Prevention, about nine out of 100,000 children have KS. Incidence is   
   > higher among Japanese and Korean children, though KS can occur among   
   > any ethnicity.   
   > However, KS expert Dr. Robert Frenck, a professor of pediatrics in the   
   > division of infectious disease at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital,   
   > said KS is not usually associated with deadly seizures -- especially   
   > in children who have already recovered from KS, which he said is a   
   > temporary condition.   
   > "If there's a major complication, and if someone dies from it, it is a   
   > [coronary] aneurysm," he said. "It doesn't happen frequently, but   
   > that is what we really worry about. ... That can set the kids up for   
   > a heart attack."   
   >   
   > Frenck added that the only type of seizure that can occur in patients   
   > with KS is a febrile seizure, which arises from a high fever.   
   >   
   > The New York Post and other media outlets have suggested in past   
   > reports that the Travolta's son has autism, though the family has   
   > always maintained that their son's condition is KS. Autism is also   
   > associated with seizures.   
   > "There is a relationship between autism and seizures; as many as 40   
   > percent of children and young adults with autism may experience   
   > seizure, and adolescence is a particular time of vulnerability," said   
   > Dr. Bryan King, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at   
   > Seattle Children's Hospital's Research Center for Health Services and   
   > Behavioral Research.   
   > "There are hormonal changes that could increase the risk of seizure,   
   > and certainly there are ongoing brain changes that take place during   
   > adolescence, but no one knows why the risk increases in older   
   > children."   
   > Regardless of the cause, Ossi said that the family is now grieving.   
   > He added that the incident "is the worst pain any parent can   
   > experience, the loss of child."   
   >   
   > Speaking for John Travolta, Ossi said, "This is the worst day of his   
   > life."   
   > Ossi said that Dr. Mark Smith, the Travolta family doctor, plans to   
   > give a statement after the autopsy.   
   >   
      
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