At the time, Smith was 23, while Armstrong was 24. "He sustained a severe traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for two months." The doctors warned Armstrong that her husband would never be the same if he woke up from his coma, and would need around-the-clock care as he would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, unable to do basic things for himself. "He needs help eating, [going to the] toilet, dressing, transferring. He has a difficult time communicating, and has a lot of short-term memory issues," Armstrong continued. After two additional years of being married to him, Armstrong made the difficult decision to divorce him.
