© 2026 ABC News

The Johnson family reached out to Spears to thank her for her music and received a signed photo in return.

\"I wanted her to know, a mom to a mom, the impact she had on a little girl coming back -- just bringing life back to her,\" Michele said.

Maegan, a big Spears fan, thanks the pop star for helping her.

\"Her music helped me to get better. I love Britney,\" Maegan said.

It wasn't only Spears' music that helped Maegan's recovery. One day in the hospital Maegan's blood pressure started climbing dangerously, and doctors and nurses couldn't figure out how to bring it down.

Maegan's twin sister, Morgan, wasn't at the hospital but she wanted to help. She called her mom and asked her to put the phone up to Maegan's ear so that she could sing and talk to her.

\"When mama put the phone up to my ear and Morgan started singing and talking to me, my blood pressure dropped,\" Maegan recalled.

A step into the future

Maegan recovered from her condition and resumed a normal life.

But 10 years later, she experienced another extreme headache. The shunt in her head from the brain surgery had stopped working. Maegan's head started swelling and she started losing her eyesight.

The next day, the family packed up and left for Atlanta, where they met with Dr. Barunashish Brahma, who had performed Maegan's brain surgery 10 years earlier.

Brahma replaced the shunt in Maegan's head in a successful procedure.

\"I was just really scared and nervous about the surgery,\" Maegan said. \"But I'm glad everything was OK and I didn't lose my eyesight, and that I'm OK now.\"

And once it was time to leave the hospital, Maegan knew she had one thing left to do.

\"As we started to leave, she had to do her Britney Spears one more time before we left!\" Michele said.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Maegan Johnson (@maeganlou143) on Jun 10, 2019 at 8:56am PDT

Maegan, now 18, is starting college this year with a scholarship to Chattahoochee Valley Community College. After two years, she hopes to transfer to the University of Mobile to complete her studies in occupational therapy.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Wellness/minutes-live-10-years-danced-britney-spears-song/story?id=64588647","legacySlug":"/wellness/story/minutes-live-10-years-danced-britney-spears-song-64588647","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"08:06","publishDate":"07-30-2019","updatedTime":"08:06","updatedDate":"07-30-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Maegan Johnson is seen here with her neurosurgeon Dr. Barunashish Brahma.","credit":"Courtesy Maegan Johnson","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/maeagan-Dr-Brahma-ht-ml-190729_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"7/30/2019 08:06:46 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":64588647,"headline":"Teen dances to Britney Spears post-brain surgery","mediaAssetTitle":"Nidhi Singh - Meagan Johnson Toxic Dance","description":"How Britney Spears helped a 7-year-old recover from a life-threatening ailment.","duration":"1:58","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/07/190726_gma_digital_toxicdance_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["133741861","133707237","133144263"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"video","date":"June 10, 2026","headline":"NASA unveils Artemis III crew","section":"News","slug":"/video/133741861","id":"133741861","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: NASA unveils Artemis III crew","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: NASA unveils Artemis III crew","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260610_gma_benitez_artemis_715_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}},{"contentType":"video","date":"June 9, 2026","headline":"Flash flood threat as dangerous weather on the move","section":"News","slug":"/video/133707237","id":"133707237","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: Flash flood threat as dangerous weather on the move","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: Flash flood threat as dangerous weather on the move","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260609_gma_zee_weather1_707_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}},{"contentType":"video","date":"May 20, 2026","headline":"Fashion mogul’s son arrested in father’s fatal fall","section":"News","slug":"/video/133144263","id":"133144263","image":{"alt":"VIDEO: Fashion mogul’s son arrested in father’s fatal fall","credit":"ABCNews.com","ratio":"1x1","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","width":384,"height":384},"images":{"alt":"VIDEO: Fashion mogul’s son arrested in father’s fatal fall","credit":"ABCNews.com","crops":[{"16x9":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_16x9_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"9x16":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_9x16_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_9x16_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg"}},{"1x1":{"small":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_1x1_608.jpg","medium":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_1x1_992.jpg","large":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/260520_gma_ally_fall3_732_hpMain_1x1_1600.jpg"}}]}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Teen dances to Britney Spears post-brain surgery","description":"How Britney Spears helped a 7-year-old recover from a life-threatening ailment.","duration":"1:58","uploadDate":"07-30-2019","publication":"07-30-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/07/190726_gma_digital_toxicdance_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/07/190726_gma_digital_toxicdance_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/minutes-live-10-years-danced-britney-spears-song-64588647"}},"playlist":[{"id":"134130187","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"134145709","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"134134667","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"134099631","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"134041491","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"134033809","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"78356537","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133929295","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133958398","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133882828","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133810954","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133779647","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133810835","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133749799","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133777519","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133748258","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133730535","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133712423","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133694181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133688738","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:wellness:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"wellness","title":"Teen dances to Britney Spears post-brain surgery","pubTime":"04:06","pubDate":"07-30-2019","modTime":"04:06","modDate":"07-30-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":64588647,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Teen dances to Britney Spears post-brain surgery","mediaAssetTitle":"Nidhi Singh - Meagan Johnson Toxic Dance","videoId":64588647,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/wellness/story/minutes-live-10-years-danced-britney-spears-song-64588647"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/64588647","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/64588647","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};