This Woman Was Shot In the Neck... And It Saved Her Life

Oncoming Stroke

Why was it so urgent to get rid of a benign tumor? Well, the location of the tumor was just under the midline of her brain. If it grew any more it would likely cause her to have a stroke, which could result in death. She was extremely nervous to undergo brain surgery but was far more scared to have a stroke, so the doctors went to work...

Huge Success

The operation went smoothly, and it wasn't long until Donna was out of the hospital, both tumor and arrow-free. It wasn't all flowers and sunshine though. "I had lost a lot of blood from a bacterial infection," Donna would later recall "Clostridium difficile, and was extremely anemic and weak." That wasn't the only secondary effect of the accident...

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The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.