the columnist for the philadelphia daily news who first brought the story to light and chronicled this family's plight over three years. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> you have spoken to kyler's parents since this happened. how are they doing? >> well, i think as any parents who have children who are sick as kyler was he had many setbacks along the way and he would always rebound. you know, he always, always came back and each time he got really sick his parents would always say if we could just have one more day. just give us one more day. so for three years he had three years of one more day and when i spoke with paul on sunday he sounded, you know, as you can imagine very tired but i think they're stunned that sunday was the last day. so it's a pretty -- a very difficult time for them. they are incredibly strong people. they've got wonderful family and support so i think that they do feel they're being carried through this. >> they were spectacular in bringing this story public the way they did with you and then briefly with us in february. another note about what paul has told you and this was today, that he had not spoken out before, couldn't speak out before because of that lawsuit.