dr. krouse talked about getting back on to a schedule. how long was it before you were able to do something like that? >> one thing to understand, my childhood was not that of a normal 9-year-old, 10-year-old. i really had no schedule. so, getting me on to a schedule, i think, was a little difficult for my parents. they did a phenomenal job of it, though. the thing that helped me the most was being with a loving family who had a routine. we did dinner the same time every night. bedtime, homework. things like that. and they allowed me to maintain my privacy. they didn't speak to any media outlets. they never have. this is the first that i've done it since writing "buried memories." this is the first i've spoken to the media. and i think that the privacy really helped me to recover, along with the therapy. i wasn't forced to talk about things until i was ready. >> well, it's -- it's -- again, it's just such an extraordinary story. katie, i appreciate you being with us and talking about this. i know it's difficult. and i find your book reall

dr. louis krouse from rush university medical center. the kind of trauma katie endured is incomprehensible for anybody who hasn't been through it. we don't know what happened to 5-year-old ethan in that bunker, what kind of condition he's in. generally speaking, though, what you know of 5-year-olds and aparentally he has aspergers, what are he and his family looking at in terms of recovery? >> it will be hugely variable. think about the whole process. this poor child started with the trauma of seeing this bus driver shot and killed. then being kidnapped, pulled away from his regular routine. a typical 5-year-old child would find this frightening. a child with aspergers, which is a form of autism, where kids often have a ridge ids quality of how they expect to do things, having difficulties with unfamiliar environments, unfamiliar people, and put exactly into that type of placement, where they have a routine level of anxiety where things don't go the way they want and put into a situation like he has, you know, it's very hard to tell how