{"id":67102,"date":"2025-07-05T03:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=67102"},"modified":"2025-07-05T03:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:16:27","slug":"woman-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=67102","title":{"rendered":"Woman Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"122\"><strong data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"122\">Woman Mistakes Deadly Illness for Perimenopause\u2014Dies Suddenly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"333\">Laura Dawson, 44, believed her fatigue and bloating were signs of perimenopause\u2014until severe stomach pain landed her in the ER. Emergency surgery revealed a blockage and, heartbreakingly, stage 3 bowel cancer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"502\">Though initial scans were hopeful, the cancer returned aggressively. After months of chemotherapy, Laura chose to stop treatment, spending her final weeks with family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"823\">Supported by St. Christopher\u2019s Hospice, she passed peacefully on June 29, with husband Ben by her side. \u201cShe knew she was dying,\u201d Ben said, \u201cbut that gave her the chance to live more fully.\u201d Laura called her final days \u201csome of the happiest,\u201d embracing small joys and creating memories for her two sons, ages 17 and 15.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"913\">\u201cShe bought them watches,\u201d Ben shared, \u201cso they\u2019ll feel her presence on their big days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1074\">Despite the tragedy, Laura\u2019s openness about death helped her family cope. \u201cWe said everything we needed to,\u201d Ben said. \u201cShe died knowing she was deeply loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1256\">Laura\u2019s story is now helping others face life\u2019s end with honesty and courage. \u201cShe saw beauty in the small things,\u201d Ben reflected. \u201cShe was always grateful just to have the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1256\">have the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1256\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=67075\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woman Mistakes Deadly Illness for Perimenopause\u2014Dies Suddenly Laura Dawson, 44, believed her fatigue and bloating were signs of perimenopause\u2014until severe stomach pain landed her in the ER&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67104,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67102\/revisions\/67104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}