Patient Stories Print Facing permanent blindness, an expectant mother undergoes brain tumor surgery (VIDEO) A multidisciplinary team at Mayo Clinic worked together to guide urgent, complex surgical care for a first-time expectant mother At 27 weeks pregnant, Aude Watrelot arrived at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, nearly blind. For months, the university professor from Ames, Iowa, had been losing her vision little by little. At first, the changes were subtle. Lights seemed dimmer. Contrast became harder to distinguish. But as her symptoms rapidly worsened, Aude was facing a diagnosis… PST-20568186 Home Patient Stories