. >> reporter: bridgette colby unpacks boxes while her two kid ss are here. miracle. >> our family is whole and that we can be a family and do what >> reporter: when she was 1, doctors diagnosed sophia with hlh, an extremely rare disease that causes her immune system to attack her own tissues and organs. she began intensive treatment including chemotherapy and her family spending weeks at a time at ildren's hospital of orange county, all of it taking a serious toll? >> is it the meds, is if the food? all those things add up exponential. >> reporter: the family nearly lost their home and the nonprofit asked them to be the first family to move into the miracle manor, an apartment complex less tn a mile when choc built specifically for families with critically ill children. >> a place where thecould feel safe and comforted and part of the community. >> reporter: doctors continue to monitor sophia after a bone marrow transplant from her father and wle the family doesn't know what to expect the 11-year-old's just enjoying her with the same things. >> i like it ver