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Our Girl Was Awake For brain surgery

Matt Swan, 54, Auckland, NZ

Chatting away at the dining table, our youngest daughter Portia, then 14, suddenly froze, before she began shaking.

‘Portia!’ cried my wife Penny, 49, frantically dialling triple-0.

Our girl was rushed to hospital and doctors recognised she’d had a seizure, but put it down

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