touched hers quite like jonathan pinker the 27-year-old with autism has been on his own since his grandmother died recently, as he was leaving work one day, something felt very wrong. >> i just could hardly breathe. >> reporter: the diagnosis, heart failure. his only option a transplant jonathan had every requirement except one, family to care for him after surgery. alone and out of options, jonathan was dropped from the transplant list. >> somebody's got to step up to the plate and i was going to be that person. >> reporter: that's how nurse laurie got a new name. >> nurse laurie, i call her mama now. >> reporter: becoming jonathan's legal guardian how quickly did you make that decision >> two or three days. there was something in my heart that i just knew that he needed. >> reporter: months and a successful surgery later, jonathan has barely skipped a beat, all settled in with laurie and her son. >> she has went above and beyond for me, and i can't thank her enough for just bringing me into her