Kathleen's Journey

Kathleen Wrigley shares her journey through two coiling procedures, a craniotomy and partial sight loss, all while raising three children and a remarkable recovery including running the 2010 Fargo Marathon nine months after surgery.

Kathleen is running to raise money for the National Brain Aneurysm Center in St. Paul, Minnesota and in honor of all of those who have survived a brain aneurysm or lost their life to the same.

To donate go to www.healtheast.org/foundation/foundation-donation.html and click on the link: National Brain Aneurysm Center & St. Josephs Neurosciences Fund to donate. Please specify In honor of Kathleen Wrigley, so she can send you a proper thank you!

Follow her continued journey to train for the marathon on her blog at http://kathleenwrigley.blogspot.com/

Help her Go Far in 2010!!

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• Fargo
• Marathon
• Kathleen
• Wrigley
• National
• Brain
• Aneurysm
• Center

[saabgurugal]

Thank you for sharing, I'm a survivor too! Keep up the good work!!

[karrots1013]

Very inspiring. I hope my uncle will survive in his upcoming operation too. :(

[Minty9167]

well done kathleen as I write this to you my own mother has had a crainiotomy done as she fell and banged her head, we have now been told that she will never wake up and has been put on and end of life path, i am losing my mother she will pass soon but

i take strentgh from your story thank you for sharing it with us and i wish you all the best for the future.

[nniekro]

Thank you for sharing your story - I lost my father to a brain aneurysm is 2006. Since then I have started The Joe Niekro Foundation in his honor, committed to the awareness and funding for aneurysm research, treatment and education. I have added your testimony to our survivor videos on the foundation's You Tube Channel. Thank you for sharing, you are a true survivor.

Sincerely,

Natalie Niekro

President - The Joe Niekro Foundation

[HarleyLady9]

Wonderful video! And in reference to the comment made by JoePro1155 re photos of you with the wires .. my friend took one of me when I was in San Francisco UCDavis after my craniotomy for my brain aneurysm. I cherish it. It tells me where I was at the time and how far I've come since March 2007. Congratulations to both of us for our survival!

[hulahula76]

wow you're amazing, I went through similar so I totally understand where your coming from x

[Mom0fFour]

Very inspiring... thanks for sharing your experience.

[JoePro1155]

I dont know what would make you want to take pictures of her when she was layinging in the hospital bed with all those wires in her. you should feel horrible about yourself.

[XXOOPisces]

Beautiful! Very inspiring.