Parents Find One Of Their Identical Twin Daughters Collapsed On Bathroom Floor — Subsequently Doctor Finds A ‘Tangle’ In Her Brain
Oct 22, 2020 by apost team
It's any parent's worst nightmare: walking into a room and finding your child collapsed. For Peggy and Jeff Kehoe, that was a horrifying reality. On February 9, 2013, she entered the bathroom to find one of her twin girls, Hailey, lying on the floor.
The 12-year-old was unconscious and mumbling a jumble of slurred words. The girl also complained of excruciating pain in her head.
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The frantic parents rushed their daughter to the hospital, according to Penn State Health. Doctors discovered that Hailey had suffered a brain hemorrhage. When the hospital chaplain arrived, the Kehoes feared that their daughter wouldn't make it.
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Doctors said there was nothing they could do, but Peggy and Jeff refused to sit and wait as their daughter died before their eyes. They flew Hailey to Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital via Life Lion, a critical care transportation crew.
There, doctors performed emergency surgery to reduce pressure in Hailey's brain. By then, she was in a coma on life support.
Although she must have been terrified, Jenna, Hailey's twin, refused to leave her side. Peggy recounts watching her daughters together.
"Jenna held her hand and told her she needed to pull through this."
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Losing a sibling is hard enough to imagine, but losing your twin would be like losing your other half. Jenna and her parents stayed by Hailey day and night. Soon, doctors came to reveal that Hailey had been born with a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
This "tangle" in the brain results in a mass of blood vessels that connect different arteries and veins. The operation was successful, and Hailey woke up shortly after. Her survival story, which is covered in the video below, is a heartwarming tribute to the power of family.
Now, Hailey is doing well, and she and Jenna even graduated high school in 2019. She has even volunteered for the Children's Miracle Network and attends HACC. We're so glad that Hailey made it through and that she and her twin Jenna appear to be living healthy, happy lives.
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