A story from Seattle-based KOMO News credits a Wasilla man with making a quick decision that may have saved the life of his son.

According to the story, 17-year-old Jimmy Rea of Wasilla had a terrible headache just before Thanksgiving. His dad, Ed Rea, rushed him to the hospital and told a nurse there that aneurysms run in his family. The Raes were flown first to Anchorage, then to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center for treatment. There, the story states, doctors removed an aneurysm the size of a lemon. According to online medical dictionaries, an aneurysm is a saclike widening of an artery typically due to a weak artery wall.

For a partial transcript of the story, click here. To watch the video, which contains some slightly graphic pictures of brain surgery, click here.