hard to watch. kara has severe autism. kara, stop it. stop. reporter: her fits are dangerous, frequent, and disturbingly violent. i decided to journal all of her hitting and i started back in 2016. this is her mother. we met up at their home in texas. closed fisted punches to her face, hold her down. aggression and self-injurious behaviors are unfortunately very common in especially children with severe autism. for three decades she was the chief of the pediatric department. even some children higher functioning will have aggressive or self-injurious behaviors. anything from repetitively banging their head against a wall to hitting their head with
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parents. but life has never been easy for kara. i went and did the blood tests. my levels were high. they said, oh, you re pregnant. after years of battling infertility, she was pregnant with twins. it was 21 weeks gestation. i feel this pain immediately. you were incoherent. he found me with my head on my sink area and i had already vomited and i was already unconscious. oh, wow i had a stroke. it would be touch and go for 72 hours. doctors monitoring her and the baby s every move. and then five days after the stroke, her water broke. when they came out of the they were so small, right, they were just so tiny. baby a, named keely was off the ventilator in two weeks and
arrives at the state capitol with great hope. the legislature which meets every two years is voting on a new bill which would enhance legal access to medical cannabis specifically increasing the limit for thc from 0.5% to 5%. ten times stronger. it is potentially life saving for the zartlers. remember, it is the higher thc strain that seems to be the most beneficial for kara. there we go. while child protective services did allow mark and kri kristie to maintain custody, they still feel like they are taking a risk every time they medicate their daughter. your luck runs out eventually and we ll get in trouble unless we get the law changed. that part greatly concerns me because these are parents that love their child and are taking
often times what parents are worried about is the headline is my kid is taking a cannabis drug and some people are going to say i can t believe you did that. i will be like i m doing, trying to find something to help my child because at the end of the day that is my child and i m thinking for the future for him. that is what we heard again and again. maribel and carlos. oh, you look so nice. marie and jay. there we go. the zartlers and kara. i remember them being desperate and in need of some help and really needing some balance for kara and for their own lives. remember, none of this comes easy. the zartlers story takes a frightening turn when we come back. she s worked in retail during the holidays.