Patients & Families

Leading the Way in Cerebrovascular Care

Submitted by neurosur on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 12:14

When 17-year-old Isabella’s heart went into arrhythmia, it triggered her implanted defibrillator. The device kick-started her heart, but it also pushed a blood clot caused by her arrhythmia into her brain. It blocked a blood vessel and caused a stroke.

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Racing Toward Her Dream

Submitted by neurosur on Tue, 07/12/2022 - 17:41

Ellie Musgrave found her calling when she was just 4 years old.  At 16, however, she went from a teenager with aspirations of being a race car driver to a patient at Seattle Children’s getting wheeled into a surgery suite to have a large tumor in the back of her brain removed.

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From Brain Tumor to Peak Condition

Submitted by neurosur on Mon, 04/04/2022 - 08:47

Daniel Fine celebrated this 30th birthday in a hospital room with his life on the line.  No one suspected he would have a brain tumor at age 29. To make matters worse, at the time of his diagnosis, Daniel was thousands of miles from home and needed a complex surgery. 

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