KoeFormula: The Protocol

My daughter Sarah had grand mal seizures. Her lips turned blue. I was positioning my hands to start CPR when she gasped for air.

Western medicine called it idiopathic epilepsy — unknown cause — and offered her a lifetime of medication. I refused to accept unknown as an answer.

Sarah had three seizures over about five weeks in the summer of 2021. The first on July 18, the last on August 23. I refused to accept "idiopathic" and started researching the same day as the first seizure. Within five weeks I had identified what I believed was the root mechanism: impaired conversion of glutamate (excitatory) to GABA (inhibitory), driven by B vitamin deficiency, MTHFR gene variants, and candida overgrowth from antibiotic use that was stealing nutrients from her gut before they could reach her brain. I had started treating all of that before our visit to Stanford. Sarah's third and last seizure was the day before that visit. Keppra was prescribed as a safety net. Over five years later she is still seizure-free and off all anti-epileptic medication. I cannot tell you with certainty what stopped the seizures. I can tell you what I found, what I did, and what has held in the years since.

Then my dachshund Koe had his first seizure on May 17, 2024 — the same pattern I'd seen before. Grand mal clusters lasting approximately two hours, on a predictable schedule. I applied the framework to canine neurology, scaled by weight and adjusted for canine physiology. His post-protocol events are five-minute mild seizures, and he remains fully conscious throughout. The interval between events has extended past forty-five days and continues to hold.

This booklet is the complete account of both journeys — told honestly, including what I know and what I cannot prove.