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Understanding what you were saying? >> no. >> did you have any difficulty understanding the defendant when he responded to you? >> no. >> did the defendant appear to have any memory problems? >> no. >> object to that, your honor. that would be speculation. >> sustained. >> since it got out before the objection, i would move to strike the record. >> ladies and gentlemen, you're to disregard the question and the answer. >> what is a coma score? >> it's a scoring system we use to determine the level of responsiveness of a patient. >> and what are the components? what makes it up? >> it has three ...

Will prevent her age from keeping her off the waiting list for adult donor lungs. it was a big victory but sarah isn't the only child fighting this battle. today an 11-year-old boy named javier acosta won an identical ruling from the same judge. he is being treated at the same philadelphia hospital as sarah. sarah's dad was on the program last night and told us her condition declined in the last couple days. a lot of different medical factors go into deciding who should receive donor organs when they become available. a complex scoring system is used. we will dig a little deeper on this right ...

Was uneligible for this? what is the argument that stops somebody like sarah from having this kind of transplant from an adult donor? >> it was very puzzlinging argument, which was they didn't have enough data. there weren't enough sick kids for them to note their scoring system mathematically predicted how ill she was. so rather than try to resolve that, they put the kids at the back of the line. >> secretary see beal i couldn't say obviously ruled against this. what is your view as a family of the secretary's position? >> we don't understand it. we haven't understood it. we have always asked...

Adult donor? >> it was very puzzling argument, which was they didn't have enough data. there weren't enough sick kids for them to know if their scoring system mathematically predicted how ill she was. so rather than try to resolve that, they put the kids at the back of the line. >> secretary sebelius obviously ruled against this. what is your view as a family of the secretary's position? >> we don't understand it. we haven't understood it. we have always asked for this rule to be swept away for all kids. and we're constantly positioned as looking for something special for our girl. but we real...

Adult donor? >> it was very puzzling argument, which was they didn't have enough data. there weren't enough sick kids for them to note their scoring system mathematically predicted how ill she was. so rather than try to resolve that, they put the kids at the back of the line. >> secretary sebelius obviously ruled against this. what is your view as a family of the secretary's position? >> we don't understand it. we haven't understood it. we have always asked for this rule to be swept away for all kids. and we're constantly positioned as looking for something special for our girl. but we really ...