For five days and five nights six-year-old Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) patient Ashley Blackman has had electrodes glued to his head recording his brain activity and transmitting it to a computer so doctors could find out exactly where in his brain his epilepsy seizures were coming from.

RCH director of neurology Associate Professor Andrew Kornberg said if the spot was found, it could be possible to surgically remove that part of his brain, and permanently stop his seizures.

The result’s of Ashley’s EEG monitoring, which a handful of children have each week at the hospital, would be known in a fortnight, Assoc Prof Kornberg said.

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