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Radical brain surgery has made it possible for David Hugee to finally live a normal life. "My good friend Douglas Harris encouraged me to go ahead with it. I'm thankful to him and to everybody else who supported me." David's rapid recovery ­ home from the hospital in only four days ­ surprised everyone, including his physicians. He returned to his job at Federal Express just two months following his surgery.

 
BY GURNEY WILLIAMS III
PHOTOS BY DAN KATZ


Kids in grade school called David Hugee "seizure head." Two or three times a day, his body would stiffen, he says, "and a little scary feeling would come upon me." Then he would zone out for a minute or two. He would walk around smacking his lips. Jab his left arm toward the ground. It was funny stuff to children who didn't understand the devastating electrical tempest in an epileptic's brain. But it was often terrifying to Hugee and his family.

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