Type
Photography
Title
Forever Watchful, Img. 10
Year
2017
Calvin Kolster of Brunswick, Maine enjoys spinning himself in circles in his jumper that hangs from the dining room doorway of his house on September 29, 2017. When Calvin was a baby, the doctors said he likely wouldn't walk, talk, or crawl. At eighteen months he said "momma" for the first time. Not long after, he had his first seizure and never said another word. At two years old, he was diagnosed with severe epilepsy. At three years old he was prescribed his first valium. Now, at thirteen, he is in an active benzodiazepine withdrawal, the symptoms of which are treated with cannabis.