The death of Jett Travolta
According to various reports, the post mortem (autopsy) on the son of John Travolta has shown that his death was due to a seizure – by which is meant an epileptic seizure.
As far as this writer is aware, there are never any post mortem signs of epilepsy itself. It is after all electrical discharge in the brain – not something you can see after the event! Perhaps what the pathologist (medical examiner) means is that no other pathology was found, leaving a seizure as the only other conclusion. The sixteen-year-old’s body has now apparently been cremated.
The web has been alive with speculation surrounding this family tragedy. Not least because of the reports of autism, and the fact that Scientologists do not believe in autism. It has also been reported that Jett Travolta suffered from Kawasaki syndrome. This quite rare condition usually occurs in very young children, and is hardly ever life-threatening. It can occasionally lead to heart problems (particularly aneurysms of the coronary arteries) but is not associated with epilepsy later in life.
