My Mom was in the hospital at Baptist Medical Center and she was fighting cancer. I saw Barry in the lobby and asked him if he had time to spend a moment with Mom. He said "Hell, yes!". We got on the elevator, went up to Mom's floor and we walked down the hallway with Barry shaking hands and giving everyone a smile. When he walked into Mom's room, her sad face turned into a 300 watt light bulb. Barry spent about 15 minutes with Mom and told her he knew from just talking to her that she "was going to kick cancer's ass". You can doubt how something like that can turn a person's whole attitude around but I saw it with my own eyes. Mom started coming out of it and Dad framed the personalized autograph he got from Switzer. It was something they talked about for the rest of their lives.