Valeria felt her world spinning out of control around her. She tried to hold on to one of the waiting room chairs, but finally Richard's arms were all that kept her from going face first into the floor.

“There's got to be something we can do!” Layla cried. “He can't stay like this forever, it's not fair.”

“No, it's not,” said the doctor. “But right now we can only hope and pray for the best.”

Valeria couldn't count the tears she shed that day, or the next, or the next, as she waited for Nick