Anne-Marie Green

It would go through and then come right back up.

That's how much lead was in her system.

The doctors did something that they had never done before.

They irrigated her bowels like they had to literally, you know, flush everything.

this stuff out of her system.

They did it 24-7, like around the clock, until it was all out.

They had never had to do anything like that before.

They didn't even know if it would work, which is part of the reason why they put her in this medically induced coma.

It's also, as you see in the hour, you know, she had sort of liquid on her brain or in and around her brain, and that stuff had to be taken out.

The fact that she has survived is stunning.

She is probably still going to be living with the

side effects of this for her entire life.

But think about this, Natalie, like every pain or ache she ever feels, she's going to wonder, is this the lead that's still in my system?

So, you know, she was very young, right?

She's a teenager.

He's much older.

Ten years and ten months, I believe she said.

And it did not start out that way.

She says that he would bring her flowers.

He was really sweet.