‘It was really scary’ North Creek soccer player Kaylin Gaiser excels despite cyst in her brain
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The defender, who has aspirations of playing in college, woke up in the hospital two years ago with a shunt in her brain. She'll have it the rest of her life, but it's only made her appreciate life and soccer even more.