however,one of jeanna's doctors at the children's Hospital in Milwaukee Dr.Rodney willoughby'did not want to stop trying he studied rabies and its progress Rabies is dangerous because it takes over the brain quickly Dr. willoughby decided to try an unusual procedure he wanted to stop the virus from reaching Jeanna's brain'so he put her in a coma he hoped that by"turning off" her brain for a few days'he could give her immune system enough time to fight the disease