My parents pulled her out of school, sent her to
rehab, and she seemed to be getting control of her eating disorder. At
rehab she became very close with her now husband, whom I'll call Brian, by talking on the phone with him practically every day (he was still in Texas, where they both were attending college; she was in Illinois, near my parents for a six-week in-patient rehab program.
Carol and Brian grew close because they shared difficult situations.