It was one of those landmark days for parents of a young child — a first trip to the beach.
For William and Addison Smith, that excursion to Clearwater Beach in 2023 became a terrifying ordeal that radically altered the expected course of their lives.
As the couple lolled on the sand, their 10-month-old daughter, Nova, began having full-body convulsions. The Lakeland parents frantically called for emergency help, struggling to provide directions to a dispatcher…