in washington state. sharon talked by phone to autumn's frantic husband, bob. i was grateful for his medical background. >> he was calling his colleagues, he knows this neurologist, or this person. great, use your resources. i had no idea what was going on. >> eventually though, autumn lossed brain function, by the time parents finally made it to the hospital they could see there was little hope for their daughter. >> they had a lot of tubes and things hooked up to her. and i held her hand and i talked to her. and i told her, you heal everybody else's brain why can't you heal your own? >> sharon wanted desperately to fly out from washington state to see autumn, but her aunt lois told her to wait. >> that's my other half of the hospital bed, i need to be there. >> doctors managed to keep autumn alive for two full days. at some point sharon could tell