you don't know where this smell is coming from. >> reporter: tina lost her voice, felt nauseous. the couple moved rooms, but tina's health kept getting worse. >> i just remember saying, something is not right. something is not right. and he said, do i call the doctor? and i said, i think so. and after that, it just quickly, quickly progressed among -- >> yeah. >> i'm on the bed, and i remember -- >> it's okay. >> i remember my muscles -- my hands all turned in, and my legs came up. i just was spasming, and i lost consciousness. >> reporter: she spent four nights in a hospital in the dominican republic, where doctors found lesions on her lungs, according to hospital records. >> my wife still was having a hard time basically breathing and staying alive.