This business but i reallyy love it. Im on the move all day long. And sometimes i just dont eat the way i should. So i drink boost to get the nutrition that im missing. Boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamams and m minerals chug calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, all with a great taste. I dont plan on slowing down good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with the poignant story of love and sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. Aoung couplplearned their child will be b bn with a a debilitating medical condition and they bring him into the now thes parents have a medical marvel on their hands. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter for brandon and britney bule, the first serious cucueball of parenthood came the day after their 17week ultrasound. These are his legs, his hands and feet are in the air like this. Reporter the scanhere the couple first found out they were having a baby boy. The ultrasound tech was acting strange. She got really quiet. When she got to his head and was measuring it, she didnt say a word. Reporter then the very nex day the phone rang with sobing news. They told me he had spina bifida bifida. How did you process that . I dont know, i didnt really process it at the time. I couldnt believe it. Reporter turns out that initial diagnosis was wrong but the scan showed a severe brain abnormality abnormality. Their sons head was not forming operly. The brbrn almost nonoxistent. Miraculously, jackson survived. Hes now just over a year old. The doctors didnt expect him to. In fact, it was the sort of pregnancy [here doctors as gently as possible mention the word termination. Abortion is much too charged a word. It wasnt until 23 weeks pregnant that it was brought up. The option that we had the option to termjnate in the state of florida until 24 eks. R rorter Many American families faced with that 17week scan would not have brought this baby into the world. How many fingers do i see . Reporter jacksons parents gave him a chance. Where do they come from . I cant say but i betet they have come a long, long wawa in a way this is the essence of that debate, isnt it . It can be if anybody wants to get into it. But we never we dont try to take that it way. Reporter they did think about termination. I would feel terrible doing Something Like that. T. But if they were to tell me he was going to suffer . Or he would be in pain . Or my life was in jeopardy . Then my thought process might have been dierent. Were christian and we believe in what we believe in. But we s sll are goioi to do the best thihi for our family, for britney, and ultimaty for jackson. Reporter and this is jackson today. Severely disabled but thriving. For us, this just seems normal. We dont have anoth child. This is the first one. Eporter even just bathing him is a task that requires both parents. Want to play with the toys . Was that a yes or was that a no . Where do you put his happiness . Hes happy almost all the time, like any other baby. Hes feeting and hes feeting and gassy so hes cranky often. He is is the sweetest baby. Were weissed and thats fine. Every parent is. Of course. Reporter jackson is not like most other babies. Heres what his brain should look like. Instead, this is jacksons brain. Only a year later did neurologists at bostons Childrens Hospital come up with crohydro encephaly. How much of the brain is there . Very little. Will he be ableo talk . Id be shocked. Will he be ae to wa . Unlikely. Reporter doctors are surprpsed hes made it this far. Do you have any sense as to how long he can survive with this . I dont know. I dont have a crystal ball. It really depends on the medical complications. Such a good boy. Reporter hes only made it this far with the help of his parents. Jackson gets nutrition through a feeding tube. Burping him involves removing the excess fluid directlyrom his stomach. Heheometimes suffers from mild seizures. Its okay. Even when hes really calm sometimes hell go into a slight seizure. Is he suffering . I dont think so. And theres nothing about this that causes painner se. Reporter pain and suffering are not necessarily the same things. In the end, the doctors themselves say that science alone cant answer that question. And what i his quality of life . Again, met him once so i dodot have a full a areciation of that. But i would ask his parents. Can you press the buttons . Reporter how he able to see the lights on his toy turtle is baffling because the cerebrum is so small as to be practically nonexistenen you got t t touch the button, mommy cant do it for you. Ill remind you. See the Big Red Button . You put your hand and then you press it. Like that. Reporter yet his parents, who spend so much time with him, are convinced their son i i in there. Its so cute when he gets so proud of himself. It is. He grins. He has a cute grin. It is cute. Reporter responding to their love and attention. Very day wepend timimwith him, e ery day we play with him, every day we say i love you. A hundred million times. A little exaggeration. But probably over 100 times every single day, no exaggeration. Can you sit up like a big boy . We cl him by his name, we say mommys here, daddys here, we love you so much, were proud of you, youre so strong, youre so smart. He hears that every day from us. Maybe im bias but i believe that positive reinforcement and talking to him and loving him that was a big yawn, buy. I think hes responding to that v vy well. Reporter not only that, they feel he loves them back. I love you reporter they hear him saying so in videos such as this one. I love you. I le you reporter even ifthers may not hear it, these p parents feel it. Britney and brandon also hear from the naysayers. Whenever they post jacksons photos and videos online, people write the most terrible things. And we cant fathom what kind of people would, one, think somethininlike that about ann innocent cld, especially one with special needs. And two, actually hit the send button. Hes a lucky boy. You guys seem like great parents. We try. We are trying hard. Eporter jkson is lucky. Because ma parents would not have given him t tt chance. It hasnt been easy. A lot of his treatments, including that trip to boston, are not covered by insurance. Theyve had to resort to a Gofundme Campaign which is covering most of their bills for w. Everyecision that we have ever made for him have been about his happiness, his comfort, no matter what that meant and no matter what the cost. I feel like jacksons doing so well and can teach the medical world so much. And we realize that jacksons fe has purpos whether you areeaith b bed or whether you just are scientific and want to see more about dicine, learn more about the human brain. And at the same time we realize the reality of jackson. That were wre probably going to ouive hihi there is a a excellent chance of that. Were just trying to give him the best life possible. Knowing it might be a short one. We realize that. So every day is precious. Reporter ordinary people struggling with an extraordinary burden. D doing itith love. Im dadad wright for nightline in taveras, florida. Up next, the millennial medium who says she serves up lifechanging, eyeopening, mindblowi experiences. For a price. Speaking of mindbending, universal delight for star wars fans with a brand spanking new trailer for the force awakens. I miss out olifes little moments. So i talked to my doctor and he prescribed latuda. There are many forms of depression. 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Reporter 21yearold monica says she can talk to the dead and it doesnt matter where she and is what shes doing. At a party. During a tutoring session. Shehe showed me a lock of hair. Did you keep a lock of her hair . Reporter monica says when the dead have a message, they can be very pushy. You need to give a message to mydaughter, please, please ive been waiting for her to coco. Youve b bn waiting. Thatssso, so sweet. Reporter now monica is the show monica the medium chronicleing her life as a College Student at penn state with her career as a medium a lot of people think of mediums ananthey dont imagine someone who looks like you. Ive had so many people my age that said to me, i would have never have been open to seeing a medium. Theyre very grateful for the fact that im somebody out there who does this, and i am just like them. Except . Excxct i talk to the dede, yeah. Exactly. How can you best describe this. The best way i can explain it is sometimes i just know things. It comes out of my mouth. Where did that come from . Reporter she refers to a third eye which allows her to pepeeive messages from the dead. This third eye what exactly its like seeing it in your mind versus seeing it outside yourself. I see it in my head. Hear it in my in my thoughts voice. A flh of an image or a movie playing in your head, thats whwhs happening to me. Reporter she regularly sees clients but Wont Disclose how much she charges. On this day were about to witness monica at work with her clients, latrice colslsjones, whose husband died almost 20 years ago, and their daughter. He was murdered. He was ripped away from you ys. Uhhuh. And i fee robbed. Reporter they hope to speak with him through a reaeang with momoca. Are you guys excited . Reporter she begins the reading. The only thing i know is you lost your husband, correct . This will be your dad, correct . We will get started. reporter minutes later she says she feels something. Theres so many people. Theres a line of people and people. Reporter monica says grandpa is here. I dont know why i all of a sudden i am having some issues in the ches lung area, having a bit of a hard time catching my breath here. Somemeings making me cough. Like i cant catch my breath. He had lung cancer. He had lung cancer and i cant catch my breath. Had he also been a smoker . Yes. Reperter finally the man they were hoping f monica says is present. Your dad and your husband, ey know each other in spirit because theyre hanging out. Theyre pals. Theyre right next to each other, which is really cool. He says to me, i wasnt always perfect, though. Even tugh we shared such a great love, i wasnt always the perfect husband. Do you understand that . And i made a lot of poor decisions and mistakes. He takes some responsibility in sometimes hanging with the wrong crowd. I do feel like i hear gunshots. Was heurdered . Uhhuh. Okay. He wants to acknowledge, though, that its like, i was young, i wasnt thinking straight, i should have been smarter and i wish that i could go back and change things. He keeps saying, m love, my love, my ve. You guys are not alone soo never question or doubt hes still with you. Im going to let spirit back up. Thank you so much. Thank you. Give me a hug. Thank you. Okay. At what what is it that youre actually seeing or hearing . When lalaices father iss coming through, and the grandfather, hes talking about sickness and health issues, i started coughing and couldnt breathe. Thats when im physically feelg something. I was hearing, oh, also a smoker. L these things are coming through at the s se time. Can you come around if thats okay . So were at eye level . Reporter monica says it wasnt until high school that she started to connect with the dead. I thought i might be crazy. I thought for a while maybe i had a brain tumor something. Like thehe was something wrongng with me. But then as it started happening more and more i realized, im not crazy, i dont have schizophrenia, this isnt made up, this is real, this is happening. Reporter her parents were skeptical at first, especially her r tholic mother. When you werere born, i didnt have in my wish list, i want one of my daughters to bece a medium. This was like a shock to me. I dont know, who talks to the dead . But shes come longg way from when she first found out about what i do. So what was she doing . Reporter this is a line of work routinely met with skepticism, for good reason. she got ih a c accident right in front of our house. What do you sayo people who just think, this is not, this cannot be real. I am the first to admit that it is something that is hard to wrap your brain around, that this is even possible or that it cahappen. If i wasnt the one doinghis on a daytoday basis, connecting to spirit, i would be a huge skeptic. Reporter online critics have called her a fraud and a con artist. Did you lose your mom . Reporter mediums are often criticized for emotionally and finaially taking advantage of the grieving. Im t t first one to admit that thehe are a lot of p pple who call themselves a medium or gifted and they are frauds or they are con artists, liars, fakes, after peoples money, taking advantage. And thats really sad because, you know, that puts the genui get dumped i in t tt category. Reporter for now monica is taking a break from college to focus on what she calls her gift. Do you see yourself doing this forever . Ill be doing this till the day i die. Theres no qstion about that. Reporter and as we wrapped our interview, monica tells me i d some unexpected visitors coming through. There is a grand mother thats trying to step through. Now, is dads mom on the other side for you . Whos the m. A. R. . Is she mary . Okay, good. Mary she yelled. Mary reporter monica told me my late grandma and grandpa were together enjoying a treat. Theyre drinking milk shakes and eatingike ice cream sundaes. They ran a dairy queen, thats crazy are you serious . Thats amazing. That got me chills. Reporter even though a lot of this information can be readilfound online, she did tell me some very personal things that im still not sure how she could have known. Do you feel like its a situation where you were chose someone. Im just this regular girl who happens to have this gift. I do feel like it was part of my life plan. Its my purpose in thiss lifetime to be doing thihi work. Reporter for nightline, im Abbie Boudreau in los angeles. Monica the medium airs tuesday nights on abc family at 8 p. M. Eastern. He force awakening tonight with a crash landing. Star warsans dissecting every second of the brandnew trailer. Im billy, and i quit smoking with chantix. I dont know that i can put into words how happy was when i quit. Itssike losing some baggage, i dont have to carry it around with me anymore. 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