Tuesday, September 22, 2009

AIDS in Africa

This beautiful 15 year old girl rode on the back of a bicycle to the clinic in Kamkaniba. We don't know how far. She arrived weak, dehydrated and was vomiting blood. The doctors tested her and found that she was in the final stages of AIDS. We were not equipped to treat an illness this severe, so the doctors prayed with her, gave her Tylenol and vitamins and let her rest. Then they helped her back on the bicycle and sent her back to her village. There was nothing more we could do for her. We all continue to pray for her and hope to see her in heaven one day.

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