. >> we first met jessica mullins on the morning of her surgery. her right eye was about to come out and she was scared. this is the last physical reminder of the attack that nearly killed her. the medical team welcomed her wearing purple, the color symbolizing domestic violence awareness. >> was authenticity. i didn't even realize they knew what was going on. >> she agreed to perform her surgery for free. the young woman on the operating table had lived with searing pain for six years. and the surgeon would use her power to stop it. >> i have had patients who had sat in the dark for a year because they couldn't go she was beginning to become that way as well to. she was having a lot of pain that was affecting her function . >> she was beaten blinded by her former husband thomas. she had been ambushed in broad daylight in front of their son. he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for two counts of attempted murder. and, she got life, at least it felt that way. she was dying on the inside with chronic pain seven by the time that her mom found her. >