more than three years later, they celebrated erica s recovery with a red carpet reunion. tacking it all in, surgeon thomas moriarti, proud and pleased that he could give his miracle patient a clean bill of health, no brain damage whatsoever. she s wonderful. she s perfect. she is this little flower that has grown. he left her with a good brain and that s very important. smart cookie. yeah. she s going to need it throughout life. when you look at erica, do you see any of your mom in erica? yes. what parts? main thing i see is her loud mouth. is that right? yes, erica is loud and she s got the raspy voice like my mom had. where is your mom right now? up in heaven. do you think about her a lot? what do you think about? about her coming down. what happens when she comes down? she will still be my mama.