A family friend of the golfer Brian Harman is in a coma after she tried to save his 6-year-old son from drowning.

Cathy Dowdy was seriously injured in the Oct. 13 incident in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Harman told reporters ahead of the RSM Classic on St. Simons Island, Ga. on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

[Dowdy] went in the water after my son, Harman, who was in China at a golf tournament at the time of the accident, said. Shes been in a coma for going on six weeks now and so obviously our world down here was kind of turned on its head.

A lifeguard was able to bring the Brunswick, Ga. mother and grandmother to shore and perform CPR, and she was transported to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, the St Johns Citizen reported.

Another bystander, Crane Cantrell, also ran to help Harmans son, who was boogie boarding at the time and was apparently uninjured.

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They disregarded their selves, went into the water, saved my son and how do you thank people like that? Harman said. I dont know other than to just say what you think. I think that bravery and doing something like that for people who arent your blood is just the most beautiful thing you can do in this life.

In a GoFundMe update on Monday, Nov. 18, Dowdys husband, Mike, shared that her recovery has been a roller-coaster ride.

She is still unconscious and still having some neuro storms, he wrote. This causes a roller coaster ride with blood pressure and breathing rate. Please pray for calmer days ahead.

Earlier this month, Cathy was transferred to Select Specialty Hospital, a long-term care hospital, in Savannah, Ga., Mike wrote.

Harman, a three-time PGA Tour champion, said the Dowdys  whom he called family   are in his prayers.

I appreciate everybody thats helped us out through all this, he said.