Nearly every day in the modern hospital emerency room, miracles are performed.
But sometimes, no matter how much doctors try, there's nothing they can do.
In one case at Primary Children's Medical Center, the staff found there was something they could do for a family facing a terrible tragedy.
News Specialist, Carole Mikita has an extraordinary tale of courage and compassion.
We know that there are not always happy endings, but these parents wanted to tell their story because sometimes when the news is bad, very bad, you are surrounded by the right people.
Her parents use the word 'butterfly' when they talk about nine-year-old Samantha-- bright and bubbly, with a sparkle when she smiled.
But something terrible happened to her last March on her way to school. She was hit by a car.
Tom Wukawitz, Samanth's father: "ALL THEY HAD TOLD US WAS THAT ONE OF MY CHILDREN HAD BEEN HIT."
But Samantha's mother was far away in Minnesota, on her way home to Utah, by car.
Doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center now had a very critically injured child who was fading fast.
That's when social worker Laura Rowe stepped in.
Laura Rowe, clinical social worker: "WE MADE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS TO THE DIFFERENT HIGHWAY PATROLS IN THE STATES WHERE WE THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE TRAVELING TO SAY 'KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THIS MAKE OF CAR WITH THIS LICENSE PLATE."
A trooper found Joan Wukawitz in North Platte, Nebraska.
Joan Wukawitz, Samantha's mother: "THERE WAS A HUGE STORM THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THAT INCLUDED ALL OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS UP THROUGH DENVER. AND THE OFFICER TRIED EVERYTHING HE COULD TO GET ME FLOWN OUT TO UTAH THAT NIGHT BUT NO COMMUTER SMALL PLANE COULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE STORM."
Joan drove through the night. Exhausted and drained by her grief, she finally made it to Denver, and caught a flight to Salt Lake.
Back at the hospital, Samantha was dying. Under normal circumstances, doctors would have let her go.
This night, they worked frantically to keep their little patient alive, not to save her, but to give her mother one last chance to hold her hand.
Joan: "EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY THERE WITH HER FOR TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHE LEFT US, THEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH HER AND CUDDLE WITH HER. THEY GAVE ME THE TIME TO SAY MY GOODBYES, AND FOR THAT I'LL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL."
Both parents thank everyone involved in bringing their family together one last time.
Tom: "THERE ARE NOT ALWAYS HAPPY ENDINGS. BUT THAT DOESN'T... THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I CAN'T BE GRATEFUL TO THE PEOPLE THAT TRIED."
One of the things that helped them through this tragedy was something to hold onto-- the quilts that covered Samantha when she was in ICU.
The nurses and social worker also made a plaster cast of Samantha's hand and cut off a lock of her hair for her family.
And the Wukawitz' say they have happy memories of Samantha and they are healing.
