Amidst all the blessings we have received as a family - this note:
Last night we admitted a woman who the government hospital would not take.
Her leg was gangrenous. She was bloated. They said she did not need admission.
We nursed her through the night.
This morning she died.
Another person with HIV who has left this world. Leaving behind a teenaged son, a daughter who recently eloped and an early twenties son.
There are many strands to this story, but we have lost another friend. Her neighbours - two HIV positive ladies who help in cleaning the JSK - saw it all. We need lots of healing as we live through these deaths.
No newspapers will carry her death. It will be a quiet cremation. One of the many taking place as the disease continues
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