When “minor” and “devestating” are used in the same sentence

“I knew immediately what happened.

“Her son Adam was able to get 911 notified and an ambulance on
the way to our house and they were securing her to the transport
when I arrived.

“CT and MRI scans revealed an aneurysm at the bottom of the
brain stem…an inoperable aneurysm. The exact same location and
situation that killed her mother. The slight tear in the artery was
what caused the stroke.

“They called it a minor stroke…but the results were
devastating.”

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