( CNN ) -- My name is Evan Moss and I 'm a 9-year-old boy who likes Pokemon ! A lot ! When I was 1 month old I started having seizures , and when I was 4 years old I went to Dr. Weiner and he gave me brain surgery to stop my seizures . It stopped my seizures for two years but not my appetite , it just kept on growing ! It is still growing . After two years my seizures came back and now they are longer . When was little I had like 15 small seizures a day . Now I have 10-minute seizures but I only have one every 14 days or so . I have two dogs . One is Dinky and the other is Mindy . Dinky is our family dog and he really belongs to my sister , Aria . Mindy is my seizure dog . Getting Mindy took a long time . We had to raise a lot of money and wait almost a year to meet her and then we had to drive from Virginia to Ohio to get Mindy . Having Mindy is very fun ! When I first got Mindy it was pretty hard because she did n't listen to me , but now she does and she knows a lot of commands . I 've even taught her some new things , like climbing up into the fort section of my swing set . The best thing about having Mindy is playing with her and I love racing with her . If she is on her leash she runs right next to me but I know she can run really fast . I have epilepsy but I can do some extraordinary things like ride a zip line ! Epilepsy can also be bad , though , and I 've heard about some seizures that can kill you ! Sometimes I worry that will happen to me but I do n't think about that too much , plus I have Mindy to help me . Mindy barks when I have a seizure so my parents will know . When I have a seizure , my mom and dad give me medicine to help stop the seizure . People ask me a lot what it feels like but it 's hard to describe and sometimes I do n't remember having a seizure . If I met someone who just found out they have epilepsy I 'd say , `` Do n't worry , you 're not in this alone ! ''
Evan even wrote a book to raise money for a seizure center . Getting the money , though , ` ` took a long time , '' he says . Evan has nightmares ; Mindy cries when he has a seizure .