Hadley also suffered from life-threatening seizures that required four doses per day of phenobarbital, a foul-tasting drug that she would often throw up.

Braylin is home now and will continue to receive phenobarbital at home with the goal of recovery in two to four weeks, Dr. Slusarski said.

Investigators determined it was a suicide from an overdose of phenobarbital, a sedative used to treat epilepsy and other conditions.