came to mississippi and the who cousins got to meet. it was a very happy occasion. and i do remember toni just being so happy to have haley, so and so was harold reporter: and although toni had always wanted to be a mom, it was pretty clear harold was mr. mom. he was the one in charge. the diaper change. most women have to beg their husbands to do that kind of stuff. he was the one he was like a nanny. reporter: hands-on dad? yeah. he was in charge of everything about that child reporter: with harold such a doting father, toni was able to go back to work. she soon built a thriving practice in colorado she was a beloved doctor. she had a really great bedside manner reporter: tammi abruscatto managed the practice she took time she treated her patients as a whole body not just their eyes she was interested in their family life.
yeah. and you won t see haley and, you know, that kind of thing reporter: that s probably the one thing that would cut the deepest with her. right. reporter: not being able to see her daughter right reporter: and then there was a very strange episode that occurred a year before toni s death at a mountain cabin she and harold owned did she tell you at all about the accident with the beam at the cabin? no. but harold did he made a joke that he almost killed toni at the cabin. and he, you know, laughed it off that, did you hear i almost killed toni? reporter: it happened around 10:00 p.m. toni, despite the late hour, was under the deck she said that she was cleaning underneath the deck and harold was walking across and as he walked across, a beam came loose and fell directly on the back of her head reporter: toni had to be hospitalized she came back to work bandaged and bruised. did she seem at all rattled by it did she seem did it change her at all she just seemed