“He was right,” Laura said. “I work at a high school with high school boys so I was very worried about having a shaved head. But no one could tell I’d had my head shaved

Laura spent just three days in the hospital. On the day she went home, she felt good enough to stop at a restaurant with her parents. “I ate a real meal and no one knew I’d just had brain surgery.”

Within a few weeks, she was back at her job as a high school swimming instructor. “The kids were like, ‘Where were you, Miss McDaniels? Did you go on vacation?’ They had no idea I’d had surgery.”

Today, Laura feels great. She has a few minor memory problems, but she has a lot more energy. “I used to sleep all the time, napping was my favorite pastime. I think that was from the tumor. Now I have much more energy. I feel more like me and I have Dr. Guthikonda and the people at Harper to thank for it.”