Paige Figi

But then Eric developed complications; he began secreting clear mucus from his mouth. Such secretions can be a serious problem for those with severe neurological conditions, since they can lead to aspiration and pneumonia. When Ronnie asked people at Realm of Caring whether other patients had experienced secretions, he never got an answer. He'd become used to long conversations with Joel and Amanda Stanley, but now he couldn't get his phone calls or e-mails returned. "They seemed so willing to help at the beginning, then all of a sudden it all went away," he remembers. And then, sure enough, a few weeks after the CNN documentary aired, Eric ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. At the same time, the Prines ran out of Charlotte's Web. When Ronnie asked for more, no one at Realm of Caring responded for several days; finally, he was told that the group had stopped delivering. So Ronnie drove two hours to one of the Stanley brothers' dispensaries in Colorado Springs while his wife waited with Eric at the hospital. To get more information visit #Paige Figi.