Supaporn has HIV, TB, a mystery stomach illness, is recovering from scabies, and is perpetually sick. At 2 years old, she will die soon. A cold fact for me is I try to not get too involved with children who are so sick because it is too painful when the child dies.
This morning Supaporn was lying nearly lifeless on the stairs of the house waiting to be sent to a childrens hospital 2 hours away. The local hospitals could not help her. We thought it was likely that she would die on the way, and many were very sad.
A foot away from the dying child is Any poon, the child I wrote about before, laughing and gigling like a little girl should be. The dichotomy of the child who was in the last stages of life and the child who is quite sick but pretty happy still was striking...and kind of sad.
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