Dallas County Living Well Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 10

needed, but Dr. Coimbra knew what he was doing, so I wasn’t nervous. I just wanted to get that
tumor out, and so did he. We both relaxed a lot
more after it was gone. I’d recommend him 100%.”
After she’s done re-reading the Harry Potter
series, that is.

A Future so Bright
Brittney Morgan’s Story
“It was her dream to have surgery.”
Brain surgery can be daunting. It might be even
scarier when it’s your daughter being wheeled
into the operating room.
“Brittney inspired me. She was so strong. But
we had faith, and we trusted Dr. Beshay, ” says
Phyllis Morgan, who lives in Rowlett, Texas, with
her husband Don and their family.
Active, fit, and healthy, her vivacious daughter,
Brittney, now 22, is one-half of a set of fraternal
twin girls and little sister to a brother coping with
his own disabilities. “I learn so much from her;
she’s so confident, and she loves to help people,
because she’s been through so much herself,” says
Morgan.
After years of struggling with epilepsy, Morgan
says Brittney suffered especially during the middle school years. The unpredictable seizures, and
the medication she took to control them, took their
toll. Brittney coped with learning, speech, and

memory disabilities, and eventually the family
decided home school was a better fit. She attended high school online, but Brittney wanted to drive
and date and go to college like her sister. “Before
surgery I was just angry all the time. I just wanted to be normal,” she says.
The family’s prayers were answered when they
met Dr. Beshay. “He took so much time with us––
he wasn’t rushed; he explained the possible side
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