{"id":70261,"date":"2025-08-01T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70261"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:44:25","slug":"5-things-doctors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70261","title":{"rendered":"5 Things Doctors Say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28.png 512w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-28-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositiveinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-499-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42254\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/doctor-holding-red-stethoscope-hIgeoQjS_iE\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Morin was a joyful 5-year-old whose life was tragically cut short just 17 days after showing mild symptoms. He was diagnosed with DIPG, an aggressive childhood brain cancer with no cure. His mother, Jill, described the loss as unimaginable but channeled their grief into advocacy, organizing a 5K run to fund DIPG research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Garrett Matthias, also 5, battled a rare cancer for 10 months before passing away. Known for his humor, Garrett wrote his own obituary, requesting bounce houses, Batman, and snow cones at his funeral. He imagined becoming a gorilla in the afterlife\u2014bringing smiles even in death. His parents honored his joyful spirit and now fundraise for pediatric cancer research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These stories remind us that even healthy children can face devastating illnesses. While cancer can be genetic or unpredictable, doctors stress that reducing environmental and dietary risks\u2014like avoiding processed meats, sugary drinks, and chemical-laden products\u2014can help protect children\u2019s long-term health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70159\">also read&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Morin was a joyful 5-year-old whose life was tragically cut short just 17 days after showing mild symptoms. He was diagnosed with DIPG, an aggressive childhood&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70262,"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\/70261"}],"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=70261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70263,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70261\/revisions\/70263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}