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Brain Surgery at 9: Sonali Shines
… carry the blood back to the lungs and heart to get infused again with oxygen. … AVMs are rare, occurring in less than 1% of the population. And they’re usually congenital, meaning it’s likely Sonali was born with it. … One May night last year, … but then quickly decided to scoop up his daughter and drive her to the Children’s ER at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital , about seven minutes away. There, doctors discovered the seizure was caused by the AVM, which had started to bleed. … David Hong, MD, removed the AVM in a lengthy operation. Hong’s affiliations include Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital and Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute . Sonali went home two days later. “She was doing pretty well and …