article_snippet: but it was actually Laura persistent refusal to address the symptoms of a lung infection that almost cost the 41-year-old Laura life. '
article_snippet: We got Laura just in time to keep Laura alive, but its not looking good right now,' Laura's surgeon
article_snippet: Instead, Laura was later rushed to the emergency room, where Laura was placed in the intensive care unit and given a ventilator because Laura couldn't breathe on Laura own. '
article_snippet: A patient this size can't handle any sort of sickness,' Dr Younan Nowzaradan said. '
article_snippet: [Her] body has nothing left to give.'
article_snippet: Joey tearfully watched Joey quietly battle the infection in Joey hospital bed.
article_snippet: Despite Laura severe condition, Laura miraculously managed to make a full recovery after spending two weeks in the hospital – but sadly Laura illness was just one of Laura many set backs.
article_snippet: Laura is physically in one of the worst shapes I have ever seen,' the doctor said of Laura, who was a diabetic and needed an oxygen tank and a wheelchair with Laura at all times.
article_snippet: Filled with fear: Joe tearfully watched Laura as Laura battled pneumonia in the intensive care unit at the hospital . '
article_snippet: Turing to God: Laura can be seen lighting a candle at church after recovering from Laura life-threatening bout of pneumonia .
article_snippet: Before and after: Laura first entered Dr Nowzaradan's office in a wheelchair with oxygen, and now Laura was able to walk out on Laura own two feet .
article_snippet: After Laura bout with pneumonia, it dawned on Laura that Laura needed to deal with Laura emotional issues and began to see a therapist. '
highlights_snippet: Laura, from San Antonio, Texas, was rushed to the emergency room and put on a ventilator after Laura ignored the symptoms of Laura lung infection .
  
highlights_snippet: The 41-year-old was ‘close to death’ however somehow managed to make a full recovery .
  