Blankenberge, With tears in his eyes, Tim D’heedene (29) the young seal Nyahtje on the beach of Blankenberge released into the sea. Tim adopted the seal after the sudden death of his 4-year-old daughter But. That he had her, after all, promised. The seal got its name. “It is as if I again need to release.”
But was just 4 years old when she on February 12, died after a severe epileptic attack. For parents Tim D’heedene and Melissa Truyaert from Lichtervelde was the death of their little daughter, the sad low point after a long agony. At 9 months it was in But for the first time the diagnosis of epilepsy pronounced. “Even nine months later, But finally the right medication. Multiple epilepsy attacks in a single day were for her rather normal than exceptional. After a long agony of hospitals, investigations and medication were specialists eventually the correct treatment for her to get free of attacks. From then on, we are two years on our convenience. But in February she was suddenly a heavy attack. The doctor checked her and thought that everything was all right. I raised her that night in bed, and gave her a kiss. An hour later she was dead.”
