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OC Beauty Influencer Wakes From Coma, Reunites With Baby

The Orange County influencer suffered a brain aneurysm while she was nine months pregnant, family and friends say.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — An Orange County beauty influencer who suffered a brain aneurysm while nine months pregnant has woken up from a coma and been reunited with her baby, according to her family.

"We are beyond thrilled to share that your loving prayers for Jacking have been workins," the family of Jackie Miller James wrote in an Instagram post Sunday. "Jackie is awake and was recently transferred to one of the best neurological rehabilitation hospitals in the country."

According to a June 8 Instagram post written by James' family, the influencer "suffered an aneurysm rupture one week from her due date" in May and had been placed in a medically induced coma.

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James had severe brain bleeding and injury after the aneurysm rupture and underwent an emergency cesarean section and brain surgery, a spokesperson for the family told ABC News in early June.

"While Jackie is making wonderful strides, she has an incredibly long road to recovery ahead of her," the family said. "The prayers, love and support from this community are more important than ever as she continues to heal."

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