>> i took her to his office. they did a cat scan and they said she had a deviated septum and polyps and he could make her headache-free if she immediately had surgery. >> how soon did it happen? >> within two weeks. >> how is she? >> the headaches didn't stop. the light sensitivity got worse. >> it wasn't until she took kayla to specialists that she finally discovered the cause of kayla's misery. >> they did a cat scan as well of her head, and they told us that evening that there was a tumor there. >> and what was that night like? >> that was the worst night of my life. >> though the tumor turned out to be noncancerous, it was growing. surgeons told the thomases kayla would need immediate brain surgery to reduce the pressure in her head. >> and kayla, do you understand what the doctor said?