Hi all,
My name is Julie Mayeku, AKA Dr. Julie, for most of my patients. With Ms. Mercy’s permission, I wanted to share a little bit regarding her medical condition.
Mercy has been diagnosed with a symptomatic aneurysm in one of the blood vessels in her brain. Briefly, an aneurysm is a weakening of the artery wall. Some symptoms associated with the brain aneurysm that Mercy has been experiencing include persistent severe headaches and seizure-like symptoms.
Symptomatic brain aneurysms are usually at increased risk for rupturing. Current data shows that the survival rate for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm is about 60% (40% die). Of those who survive and recover, about 66% have some permanent neurological defects. Unfortunately, there is an excellent medical algorithm to identify when or who will have a ruptured aneurysm.
For this reason, a logical intervention for Mercy at the moment is to repair the aneurysm now. For it is a race against time.