SEARCY, Ark. – As soon as February, Gibson Heath can be finally getting the relief he needs by being prescribed medicinal marijuana, according to his mom.

“Gibson was born 13 weeks prematurely with a traumatic brain injury and an underdeveloped respiratory system,” says Syndey Heath. “I just want what any parent wants – relief for my son.”

Gibson suffers from epilepsy and life-threatening seizures. It’s the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages.

“To know that my son can finally not suffer means everything,” says Heath. “I would do anything for my child.”

When Gibson was born he spent 132 days in the NICU where he had to have a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and a gastrostomy tube placed before he could finally be brought home.

Since then he has spent the last four years in and out of the hospital.

“I want him to have a childhood,” explains Heath. “Not something that he has to recover from later in life because of all the medicine he is been put on – one of the medications can cause blindness.”

In June 2016, he was diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a rare and intractable form of epilepsy that isn’t easily controlled by pharmaceuticals.

As Gibson gets older, Heath says his condition only worsens, and he needs more medication.

“I would tell any mother who is on the fence to trust your heart,” Heath says. “Only a parent knows their child best.”