First Do No Harm is a 1997 television film, directed by Jim Abrahams, about a boy whose severe epilepsy, unresponsive to medications with terrible side effects, is controlled by the ketogenic diet. Aspects of the story mirror Abrahams' own experience with his son Charlie. The film tells a story in the life of a Midwestern family, the Reimullers. Lori is the mother of three children and the wife of Dave , a truck driver. The family are presented as happy, normal and comfortable financially: they have just bought a horse and are planning a holiday to Hawaii. Then the youngest son, Robbie , has... a sudden unexplained fall at school. A short while later, he has another unprovoked fall while playing with his brother, and is seen having a convulsive seizure. Robbie is taken to the hospital where a number of procedures are performed: a CT scan, a lumbar puncture, an electroencephalogram and blood tests. No cause is found but the two falls are regarded as epileptic seizures and the child diagnosed with epilepsy.
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| Release date: | 1997 |
| Directed by: | Jim Abrahams |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jim Abrahams |
| Music by: | Hummie Mann |