EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - A Minnesota girl has died a week after a dental surgery went awry.

Sydney Galleger, 17, was a junior at Eden Prairie High School who went to have her wisdom teeth removed. The surgery went well until the very end, when “her blood pressure shot up and her pulse dropped and then she went into cardiac arrest,” Sydney’s mother, Diane Galleger, wrote on Sydney’s CaringBridge website.

After a week in the hospital, Sydney was plagued with seizures, and her brain function deteriorated. She died Monday, according to a post on her CaringBridge site.

“We have all been blessed to have been touched by Sydney in one way or another. Her faith was strong, her heart was big, her laughter was infectious and her smile could light up a room,” Diane Galleger wrote. “Thank you for all the prayers of support, healing and strength during these last 7 days that has seemed like an eternity. We have certainly felt their presence and they have held us up.”

Visitation will be held Friday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, while the funeral service will begin at 11:11 a.m. Saturday.

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