. >> they got married after college and moved to california, when evans earned an mda. they began a family. life was clicking into place. henry was a doer, a chief financial officer. hour. >> evans communicates with everyone outside his family. mostly through email. a device on his laptop attracts head movements. it allows him to control the curser and type out words. he responded through audio software to questions we september him. >> tell us about your life before the dissection. >> i had a fall life. the last thing i expected was a major health problem. when i finally opened my eyes, i saw my parents who lived 2,000 miles away. apparently all six of my siblings had flown and the doctors told them to expect a funeral. all i could move were my eyes. >> sounds like a horrific circumstance to wake up to. how did it affect you emotionally to discover you were in that condition? >> i was an emotional wreck for three years after the stroke, mostly because the emotional center of my brain was destroyed. i either broke out laughing uncontrollably or crying despondently. >> h