After nearly a decade of mini seizures, Stefanie Scrivens was diagnosed with a rare form of a brain tumour at only 20 years old — that was in 2009. She would be one of the first to benefit from a new treatment option to increase her chance of survival, including two complex, 8-hour awake brain surgeries at The Ottawa Hospital to remove the tumour.

Today, at the age of 34, we check in with Stefanie to get an update on how she's doing and what direction her life has taken since her two brain surgeries at The Ottawa Hospital. (26:55)