In whats being called a hidden epidemic a growing number of elderly americans are dying after taking too many narcotics. When you remember her, how do you think about her . Do you think about her as the woman you married . I think about the woman i married and the fun we had. And i also am caused to pause about the times that werent so great. And i try to put those in the far corners of my mind. When she was on all the painkillers . Yep. The far corners of my mind. She was between the ottoman and the floor. I couldnt see her face. So i rolled her over. And her pills were . Her pills were on top of the ottoman. I grabbed the telephone. I started doing cardiac massage, called 911. And from there its history. This is horrible. On the day before thanksgiving in 2009, roy bosley came home to find his wife of 38 years, collapsed on the floor of their den. She basically stopped breathing. Carol was dead. It wasnt the first time roy found her passed out. This is the back door of the house, and
0 not in the newsroom. it all begins right now. hello, again, everyone. i m frederica whitfield. here are the top stories we re following in newsroom. people hitting the roads and the sky to get home for christmas but the first true blast of winter is creating an icy, windy mess to snarl those holiday plans. under fire in south sudan. u.s. service members take a hit as they try to rescue dozens of americans trapped in an outbreak of fighting. we re live from the pentagon. and duck dynasty star phil robertson anti-gay comments got him fired from the show but fans are fighting back between the network and the show. can anyone win this one? all those stories in a moment, but right now we re following today s spacewalk. two nasa astronauts are trying to fix a critical cooling system pump on the international space station. without the system, they ve had to turn off some of the station s important electronics. so, the two astronauts were scheduled to spend about six hours outsi
0 frates, cnn, chicago. interesting perspective. well, i m deborah feyerick, i ll see you right back here at the top of the hour with lots more. but first, some surprising good news about cancer. sanjay gupta m.d. starts right now. an unbelievable story that i m having a hard time wrapping my name around, it s about carolyn bosley and all of her twists and turns into the descents of addiction. i ll show you what happened to her and just how many pills at one point were part of her deadly dose. also, i can t tell you how often i hear this, it s too expensive to eat healthy. do you know what, we decided to put a dollar amount on this. i promise you, the number will surprise you. but, first we ve got news this weekend about a strategy to help cancer patients when nothing else works. here s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. what is left for us to do as far as your learner s permit? reporter: a year ago john wilkins wasn t sure if he would ever get to teach hi