for the next several days, with relatives keeping a constant vigil, robert held the hand of his wife, who was hooked up to an iv and lethargic from pain medication..

yet these drugs are not a "home run," says elizabeth loder, md, a professor of neurology at harvard medical school and chief of the division of headache at brigham & women's hospital..

on the afternoon of may 1, nurses got clearances from doctors and wheeled robert into helen's room..