"I am so lucky to be alive." While battling stage 4 lymphoma, Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi thought her family's vacation home in Lake Tahoe would be her safe refuge, a cabin far away from diseases like COVID-19 that could be life-threatening to a weak immune system. But that all changed when Hoffman-Curzi, 66, came face-to-face with a bear late last month. Her husband and son scared the bear out of the house. But getting the animal out of the house wasn't the end of it, as Hoffman-Curzi was seriously injured. Hoffman-Curzi was taken to a nearby hospital to treat wounds and had surgery at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. She was injured throughout her upper body and her back. But other than the surgery for her face lacerations and other wounds, Hoffman-Curzi is recovering. "There are so many things that didn't happen," Hoffman-Curzi said. "I'm really lucky, I'm super-lucky." Head to the link in our bio to see more of Laurel-Rose's story and her recovery. 📸: Courtesy of Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi