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Jamie Saunderson & Alan McEwen

Scots teen bedridden by four migraines a day to undergo US op after £100k donation

A Scots teen who suffers four migraines a day due to an egg-sized mass growing in his skull will undergo specialist surgery following a £100,000 donation.

Jack Dow, 18, from Aberdeen has been bedridden with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) since last year, upending his dream of becoming a Royal Marine.

Surgeons told parents Willie and Tracey that the NHS couldn’t operate on Jack without risking a stroke or blindness.

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