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Veronica Cuevas was at a trampoline park with her friends when she did a back flip and landed on her feet. Immediately, she knew something was wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a sharp pain on the base of my head. I couldn’t hear. I couldn’t walk to get water or anything. It was the worst pain I felt in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the pain persisted, Veronica decided to go to an ER in Corpus Christi. A CT scan revealed that there was blood in her brain. Her doctors determined that she had an aneurysm. Because they were unable to treat her, Veronica was airlifted to UHS. Once she arrived, Lee A. Birnbaum, MD, treated her aneurysm using endovascular coiling. She was then placed under the care of Shaheryar Hafeez, MD, Ali Seifi, MD, FACP, and the neurocritical care team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m very grateful to them,\u201d Veronica told us. \u201cThey are taking good care of me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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