Woman explains what it means to have awake brain surgery and how Taylor Swift songs were a big help. Selena Campione, a 36-year-old mother, underwent brain surgery in which she sang her and her daughters' favorite songs to get through the procedure.
“My face would swell so much that it would become paralyzed and I couldn't speak [...], then I couldn’t feel anything on the right side of my body,” she said. The tumor was located near the areas that control speech and movement of the right arm and leg.