Bethany Fonseca had a migraine one morning in October 2011.

She kept dropping things, like her hair dryer and apartment keys, because her arm “felt like a limp noodle.” Then the Jacksonville, Florida, resident suddenly collapsed in her bedroom while getting ready for work.

Drifting in and out of consciousness in the ambulance, she kept thinking of her twin girls, who were in kindergarten at the time.

“I just wanted to see my daughters one more time," she said.

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