interests. melinda has been head of her own public relations business, a firm she sold in 1989 but she still continued her career. >> i set at a board member of a bank and still represent a number of clients that are, i guess, holdovers from my company in new york. >> ron worked in investment banking and was head of corporate finance at his firm. in 1996 melinda gave birth to their son reece. ron loved being a father and a weekend baseball coach. then in february 1989, three-year-old reese developed what seemed like a flu. >> he started having some respiratory problems. and he would have a real hard time catching his breath. he'd -- and we thought golly, maybe he's