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A devoted dad who couldn't bear to see his daughter suffer up to 50 epileptic fits a day decided to take matters into his own hands.

Alex Repetski has spent the last 18 months reading studies and researching cannabis oil and how it could help his three-year-old daughter, Gwenevere.

She was diagnosed with epilespy and was experiencing constant seizure activity throughout the day.

Doctors tried an array of medicines to reduce the number of seziures Gwnevere was having, but nothing seemed to work.

At one point the youngster was on nine different medications, none of which were helping.

Alex, who lives in Canada, decided to do something about it and looked into cannabis oil.

He told Collective Evolution: "At that point we didn't really have anything to lose.

"If nothing else is working, let's try it."

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But only one of Gwenevere's doctors agreed to prescribe the cannabis to him based on the trust and faith he had in Alex.

After many rounds of trial and error to find the right dosage, Alex managed to figure out the correct amount for his daughter.

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Incredibly, five days after, they noticed no evidence of seizure.

Another week went by, a month, two months - there were still no seizures.

From a little girl who was suffering an enormous 50 seizures a day to none, it was a break through.

And now her quality of life has improved and the whole family is happier.

Alex knows this is not a cure for Gwenevere and says a lot more research needs to be done on cannabis oil.

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