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ROCKLEDGE, Fla. - A Brevard County family is warning others not to dismiss persistent headaches after a Rockledge mother of four suffered a sudden and severe brain aneurysm in July.

What we know:

Mary Montalvo, 48, collapsed on July 11 after passing out and vomiting, prompting her fiancé, Juan Sarmiento, to rush her to the hospital. Doctors determined she had suffered a traumatic brain bleed. She underwent surgery to relieve pressure in her head and spent time on a ventilator.

Montalvo, once described by her family as healthy aside from frequent headaches and occasional vision problems, is now in a rehabilitation facility in Orlando. She is breathing on her own but not yet speaking, and her family says there is no timeline for when she might return home.

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