WAYNESBURG, Pa. — A Waynesburg Central High School senior basketball player is on the road to recovery after suffering a stroke during a basketball game Monday night.
Morgan McDowell, 17, is recovering at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital after doctors had to remove a portion of her skull to allow her brain to swell.
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"Monday night, we went to the game. She was playing and just collapsed,” McDowell’s mother, Karla McDowell, said.
With six minutes left in Monday night’s game, Morgan went down on the court. Her parents said they thought she'd just hurt her leg, but she remained motionless.
Morgan was rushed first to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and then UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors removed a blood clot from the back of her head.
Doctors said Morgan suffers from a rare disorder called Factor V Blood Disorder. Karla McDowell told Channel 11 that her daughter is doing much better, but her recovery time will take anywhere from six months to a year. Morgan has also been able to move her extremities and has tried saying some words.
"She's doing very well. She's progressing. She went from not moving her lower right extremity to moving it,” Karla McDowell said.
Her parents have been overwhelmed by the support they have received and hope that their daughter will make a full recovery.
"We're overwhelmed by the support we've gotten from the community, friends, family and people we don't even really know,” Keith McDowell, Morgan’s father, said.
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