OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A surgery turned life-threatening overnight for one Oklahoma City mother, but thanks to quick action from her daughter and medical team, she's defying the odds.

"There was a point doctors and people didn't think I'd survive, but here I am, and so I want people to know God still works miracles," said Senaqua Hildreth, patient.

Last year, Hildreth was diagnosed with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, known as IIH.

"High pressures in the brain, which cause headaches and some visual disturbance for people," said Dr. Andrew Bauer, OU Health.

Hildreth went to OU Health to have a VP Shunt placed, which is a tube meant to relieve pressure in her brain.

"She'd had scans and whatnot after surgery that showed nothing; everything looked fine," said Dr. Bauer.

But hours

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