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I remember asking an ICU nurse, “How do you spell the word aneurysm?” I was a college professor of English who had landed in the neurological ICU of St. David’s Hospital in Austin, and I could not visualize the word itself. I had no memory of ever using the word until my own medical diagnosis […]
“He’s perfect.” Those were the last words Finn’s pediatrician said to us at an appointment less than 14 hours before an undiscovered aneurysm ruptured in our seemingly perfect 11-month-old baby boy’s brain. We left the pediatrician’s office that day confident in a teething diagnosis, but unbeknownst to us, that night I would put Finn to […]
Hello my name is Leanna Allen I am currently 42 years old and on August 6, 2019 I suffered from a brain aneurysm rupture. At the time I was 39 about to turn 40. It was about 8 o’clock in the evening I was at home with my at the time 20-year-old son and his […]
My name is Tricia and I am a 53-year-old brain aneurysm survivor. On November 8, 2020, my life was changed forever. I was watching football with my daughter when I passed out and started foaming at the mouth. 911 was called and I came to with the worst headache of my life. The paramedics were sure it […]
My name is Karlie Trefethen and I am so happy I stumbled upon @thebeefoundation on Instagram! I think it is so important to share our stories. I am twenty-eight and from Portland, ME. I have had two brain surgeries in the last ten years to repair aneurysms. The first one was when I was seventeen […]
Victoria Langfield, 36, had brain aneurysm while waiting to fly home from Turkey Had been in Turkey with husband Damian, 38, and their two daughters last week Was rushed to hospital and is now expected to be in intensive care for a fortnight Mrs Langfield’s family has set up a Just Giving page to help fund the […]
Posted at 10:47 PM, Sep 20, 2019 and last updated 10:48 PM, Sep 20, 2019 BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Ruptured brain aneurysms affect roughly 300,000 people in the U.S. According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, around 6 million people are living with aneurysms that haven’t ruptured and 80 percent probably never will. But what happens […]
Remembering Kathleen Rakowski, October 26, 1966-November 17, 2012. The day started off as any regular day would for my mother and I. I woke up bright and early for school and she braided my hair, made me breakfast, and made sure to do our daily handshake we created together before I gave her a hug […]
My story of survival starts before I was born a little over 30 years ago and is one that my whole family is a part of. My older brother survived a brain tumor in his cerebellum and has done extremely well. He has a wife, dog and twin boys that are 9 months old now. […]
On September 29, 2016, my fiancé, Jerame, and I had gotten home from our Life Group, it was about 9pm. I was packing my bag for a weekend back home in Emporia and to do makeup for a bridal party. Jerame was in the other room and I went to talk to him about something […]