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It's a miracle I'm alive

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February 3 2017 my fiancé John and I were heading into Kmart to find a pack and play for our 3 month old daughter Victoria John was carrying Victoria and I was holding the hand of our two-year-old Sophia. On the way in my head didn't feel right, with John following me he had asked if I was OK I said no I need to sit down and he asked me if I needed to go to the hospital I said just give me a second and I started sweating really bad and started seeing black spots he said yes I'm going to take you to the emergency room. As him and Sophia were walking out of Kmart I completely blacked out I don't remember anything after that. Someone in Kmart had called 911 and ambulance came to where I was. When they got there I was on the floor covered in my own vomit I was rushed to Wheaton Franciscan in Racine, they did a CT and found that I had an aneurysm that had burst I was flight for life to Freodert in Milwaukee I had a stroke and was having seizures due to the blood loss in my brain. At Freodert is where they performed the surgery they had to insert two coils to block the aneurysm from further bleeding I have done my research and only one in three people survive the type of aneurysm that I had. Those that do survive end up paralyzed or can't talk. With two weeks of me being in the ICU I am fully able to talk and live my life as if the aneurysm never happened however my headaches are excruciating I am currently off of work until further notice I'm at high risk for another aneurysm I have to remain stress-free to eliminate any pressure that might get built up in my head I went two weeks without seeing my Kids. They weren't aloud in the ICU. While I was in the hospital I heard my father(who had died when I was 2 years old) whispering in my ear that I'm going to make it and that it's not my time to leave yet. It truly is a miracle that I am alive today. My story had left the doctors and staff speechless.




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    Ashley VanKoningsveld
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    Racine, WI

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