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