PHILADELPHIA, 24 January 2026 (Atlas) — The human body is an unreliable narrator. It conceals its most serious intentions until the moment it can no longer do so. For Michelle Houston , the first betrayal came without ceremony. A rupture. A sudden hemorrhage inside the brain—violent, indifferent, and statistically unforgiving. Medical literature tells us that only half of those who experience a ruptured brain aneurysm survive . The number is blunt. It offers no comfort. It