in that building, but, it is a privilege to be susan axelrod s husband and lauren axelrod s father, and, i want to enjoy that privilege, as well. reporter: a privilege that comes with knowing that at any moment the seizures could return. but, lauren and her parents have made it their mission to give hope to other. the reality is, we can t get back what lauren has lost. but, as susan always says, it would be a tremendous legacy for lauren if other people didn t have to go through this. because of the advances that we re able to make. martha: the privilege was for me to go to misericordia and see the community and the love and nurturing and families and how they re involved in it. it s an extraordinary
belligerent actions, north korea, attack a heavily populated south korean island, setting fire there, civilians have been fleeing. we re getting amazing pictures and photographs of all of this. so far we know two south korean marines are dead, countless wounded, the south unleashing fire retaliation. it s not clear if the south hit anything in the north and the north then warning this is just the beginning. jennifer griffin makes sense of it live at the pentagon, how serious is this jennifer? good morning. reporter: good morning bill. well, it s being taken very seriously at the pentagon, we re told the shelling began at 2:00 a.m. local time, it lasted for about 90 minutes, we re told about 200 artillery shells were fired, it was even between the two sides but north korea fired the first artillery shells on to that island. this is the most serious escalation between the north and south koreans since back in march, remember the north koreans sank that south korean ship, ki
for and fiercely defended their daughter, lauren and it is a beautiful story and we think any parent or anybody who loves a child, can relate to this story. take a listen: i get excited when i try new paintings. reporter: this is lauren axelrod. she s the daughter of david axelrod. president obama s closest advisor, and the architect behind the president s historic 2008 campaign. but far away from his political success in the world of washington, d.c., is a family life that has been filled with challenges. look at you, what are you painting? nice. beautiful. reporter: david and his wife, susan have struggled to help their 29-year-old daughter, live a normal life. i was thinking a flower one. you don t like this? okay. back in the bag. i lost. reporter: seeing her healthy is a dream come true for them.
start, why are fully 40% uncontrollable? why are they sometimes going into remission and return? her doctor. this is a preposterous idea. you cannot just start a national research foundation. what i learned is what i should have realized from the beginning, which is, that there is nothing like the power of moms who are heart broken and committed and hell bent on making a difference. reporter: then, in 2000, a breakthrough. lauren was in the hospital with another severe seizure attack when her doctor told susan about a new anti-convulsive drug called kepra. immediately, she responded to it. reporter: just a few days later, the seizures stopped. i have seen change in the period she has been on the drug. it has been amazing, really, the further away she gets from the seizures the more you see
martha: tomorrow we ll tell you about that answer was, for the axelrod family, a place, a very special place we visited there and that is where lauren axelrod lives, humbly, right now and we are glad to be joined on the set by susan axelrod. welcome. thank you. martha: i want to thank you for sharing your story and you opened up your family to us and we re grateful for that and thanks for all the wonderful pictures. it has been quite a journey. as we have seen, and, you have done an amazing job of bringing this disease to people so we can start to understand it. yeah. it is for many, many reasons, this disease has been really kept in the dark ages, and epilepsy has been known since biblical times and yet nobody has been out there saying, why, why is this happening and what can we do to stop it and it has been an amazing ride. martha: you said and david said a stigma was attached to