Reports after Jett Travolta’s autopsy have revealed that John Travolta’s teenage son died from a ‘seizure disorder’.

Jett was just 16 years old when he collapsed and died suddenly on Friday (2nd January 09) in the bathroom of his family’s hotel in the Bahamas.

His autopsy was carried out at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Grand Bahama on Monday (5th January 09).

Though his cause of death has not been officially released, it is reported to be due to seizure disorder.

Jett’s parents, actor John Travolta, famous for his role in classic Grease, and more recently films like Hairspray, and his wife Kelly Preston are said to be upset over conflicting reports over their son’s death, including rumours that Jett was left alone for 10 hours, which they say are untrue.

Other reports have said that the couple withheld medication from their son who, they say, has been suffering from rare condition Kawasaki disease, since he was a toddler.

Kawasaki disease is extremely rare, and results in the inflammation of vital organs and blood vessels. The disease also occurs, almost always, only in toddlers and rarely results in seizures.

It is believed that the anti-convulsion drug he was taking to reduce his seizures had stopped working effectively and had begun causing him health problems such as problems with his liver. The couple apparently decided to stop giving him the drugs when he started having seizures more frequently than before he was on them.

Obie Wilchombe, Bahemian politician and close friend to the Travolta family, has said that: ‘There was a lot of anxiety over the pathology report. It moves them towards closure so they can move on with the next step.’

According to their friend, his parents are struggling to accept his death, and didn’t want to leave him alone at the morgue.

John and Kelly were anxious to get the autopsy carried out as soon as possible. After it was conducted, Jett’s body was moved to Grand Bahama’s Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium.

Separated by a glass screen, his parents stayed beside his body for hours. Obie said: ‘John and Kelly looked at Jett through a glass screen, and John’s words were, ‘That’s my son’.
‘John was quiet and in a lot of pain. It has been the beginning of what can only be described as the worst day of his life.’

Even though Jett was reported to have hit his head on the bath as he fell due to the seizure, officials at the Restview Memorial Mortuary have reported that his body was in good condition and showed no signs of a serious head injury.

John, who is trained as a pilot, is reported to have told friends that he wanted to fly Jett’s body back to Florida yesterday (6th January 09). The family are also reported to be keen to return home as soon as they can.

Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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