For many years, Trisha had suffered severe migraines from time to time. So when they hit her in the week before her wedding, she was upset but not surprised. A doctor at an urgent care clinic gave her medication for pain and stress.
But on May 15, the day of the wedding, the pain in her head was like nothing she’d experienced before. She could hardly stand before finally making it to the ceremony, where she managed to smile and take her vows.
Just moments after walking down the aisle, though, Trisha was rushed to the hospital. Within 48 hours, she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ten days later, after a six-hour surgery that could not remove the entire tumor, Trisha fell into a coma from which she never emerged.
Trisha Duguay died four months after marrying Jim, and 56 days after being taken off life support.
