JHS graduating senior suffers a seizure

May 31, 2008 07:14 pm

— By Raymond Billy
rbilly@jacksonvilleprogress.com
A scary moment preceded this year’s Jacksonville High School graduation ceremony.
A graduating senior suffered a seizure prior to the commencement Friday at the Norman Activity Center — where students gathered before making there way to the Tomato Bowl. EMS workers arrived on the scene about 6:45 p.m.
She was taken out of NAC on a gurney and received care from medics inside of an ambulance parked outside.
The student was allowed to recuperate in the vehicle rather than being taken to a hospital. Officials didn’t want to send her away for treatment unless it was absolutely necessary, as doing so would have caused her to miss out on the graduation ceremony.