Dadeville resident Richard Lucas vividly remembers Mother’s Day 2019 when his wife, Wanda, started gasping for breath and went into a full seizure as soon as they got into bed.
Wanda had a brain aneurysm rupture and was rushed to a hospital in Montgomery with not much hope to survive.
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Submitted / The Outlook Wanda Lucas, left, survived three brain aneurysms with the help of Dr. Brian Howard, right, a neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital.
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