Comments on: John Travolta’s 16-Year Old Son Suffers Seizure, Dies

By: jj

jj — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:24:51 +0000

Bless them in their time of mourning. How sad.

By: Traci

Traci — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:38:51 +0000

@Kelli:
I’m sure noone will read this since it was posted yesterday, but the reason people comment on his son’s “alleged”* autism is because it would be so helpful in funding for research if someone of his stature with an autistic child would use their fame and money to help bring awareness and funds to autism research.
*I use quotation marks around alleged because most people who have spent any significant time with someone who is autistic can see that he certainly exhibits some telltale signs. I don’t blame them for “hiding” him, most situations that he would be in would be extremely upsetting to someone with even mild autism, but, assuming that’s what he had, they didn’t need to be ashamed or lie about it.

By: Kellianne

Kellianne — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:53:30 +0000

With all do respect, why is it necessary to comment on the rumor that his son might have been autistic? Children do not pass away from autism tho they might have other ailments that might be more commen with autism. God Bless John Travolta and his family during this tragic time.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:56:28 +0000

wow, this is terrible. im an 18 year old girl who was only recently diagnosed with epilepsy and i know how life altering having seizures can be. infact, only a couple months ago i too had a seizure in the bath, i was just lucky enough to have not hurt myself too badly. and in regards to the medicine, a lot of the ones prescribed dont work efficiently with every person. they can often result in severe side effects. i had to try 3 or 4 different anti-convulsant medicines before i found one that worked properly. and seizures can also happen even when on medication, they are often governed by things like lack of sleep, alcohol and anything like having a cold or flu at the time, so theres no way of knowing if he was or wasnt on medication. my thoughts are with the family at this sad time.

By: Traci

Traci — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:26:32 +0000

Oh, and as far as certain drugs not working for some people, that doesn’t make modern medicine bad, it means that the drug didn’t work for that person. Not every medicine is going to work for every person. Sometimes an illness is too far for certain medicines to work, sometimes a person’s body will just reject it. And I have never, ever heard of cholesterol medicines causing high blood sugar, and most people don’t need prescription pain killers for normal headaches. And if you’ve ever had a migraine, you know aspirin (which, again, a no-no in Scientology) just won’t cut it.

So, maybe you should learn a bit more about modern medicine before saying that kind of stuff.

By: Traci

Traci — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:18:14 +0000

“obviously his anti-seizure medicine didn’t work.”
He probably wasn’t on anti-seizure medication. Scientologists believe that only emergency, life-saving medication, that don’t have any mental affects are okay. Keep in mind that ASPIRIN is on the no-no list of drugs that affect the mind, and you can see why they probably wouldn’t put the kid on a much needed medicine that would change his brain chemistry to prevent incidents like this as much as possible.

Yes, it’s very sad that he died, and I’m sure the Travoltas did their best despite being part of a misguided cult, but it is possible that if they had a different religion (or none) that he would’ve gotten the help he needed, and his death could’ve been prevented (or it might not have been, he would’ve still had the occasional seizure). But one can still be sympathetic towards the family’s loss, and criticise the teachings of Scientology.

By: geana

geana — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:19:23 +0000

fist off everyone saying crap about their religion thats messed up let them believe what they believe in. its not hurting you. right now they are hurting for the loss of their son. they dont need to be critisized. my thoughts are with them. no parent should ever have to lose a child

By: Stacey

Stacey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:10:42 +0000

This is so sad. He lives right down the street from me in Ocala, FL. in a gated community and this morning I drove by and there were flowers and things sitting outside of the gate. The Travolta family is amazing and so kind! It is so sad to see something like this happen to them. They will be in my prayers.

By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:42:45 +0000

that is so awful and tragic…my thoughts and prayers are with the family; what is just weird is how they didn’t check on Jett…that is the part that confuses me…

By: kait

kait — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:22:42 +0000

holy carp!