Who I am
I'm Eric Pansegrau — a father, a pet owner, a martial artist, and a technology professional. I'm not a veterinarian or a doctor, and I'll never pretend to be. What I am is someone who refuses to stop at "we don't know."
I spent years in technology, where you're trained to look at data, find patterns, and solve problems. I spent time as a general contractor in Lake Tahoe. I've spent a lifetime in martial arts. All of those things teach you the same discipline: be methodical, be persistent, and don't stop until you find the answer.
I'd already lived that out before any of this. When a doctor wanted to put me on blood-pressure medication immediately, I said no, went looking for the root cause, found it, and resolved it without drugs. That experience taught me something I never forgot: managing a symptom is not the same as fixing what's causing it.
Sarah
My daughter Sarah was seventeen when I found her on the bathroom floor, shaking, lips turning blue, not breathing. I was positioning my hands to start CPR when she gasped for air. She had stopped breathing — briefly — and come back. As I write this, years later, I still tear up.
The diagnosis came quickly: idiopathic epilepsy. Idiopathic means "unknown cause." The recommendation was medication for the rest of her life.
I refused to accept unknown. I started researching — nights, weekends, rabbit holes, dead ends, a folder that kept getting thicker. I'm not a neurologist or a biochemist. But the brain is a system, and when a system isn't working, there's a reason.
I found one. Sarah has been seizure-free since September 2021, and off all anti-epileptic medication for over two years. Her full story — the testing, the doctors, the timeline — is documented at sarahs-grand-mal-story.com.
The connection
When I saw Koe walking in confused circles in 2024, I didn't start from zero. I recognized the warning. I recognized the pattern. The basic biochemistry that had mattered for my daughter isn't human-specific — it's shared across mammals. So I researched the canine version, scaled it carefully, and applied it.
A daughter whose hands jumped before a seizure. A dog who came to find me before one. The same building pressure, announcing itself in two different languages. Sarah is the reason I knew what to look for in Koe.
This is the most honest account I know how to give. I hope it helps.
— Eric Pansegrau, Copley, Ohio