I haven't read all the way through the chapter yet, but I just want to give a little summary of what has happened in the book and what my thoughts are on it. Basically the chapter starts of with Farmer talking about how the atmosphere in Cange is very different and so callous compared to that of Boston, and how he can't stand how many people are talking about weight loss while others in Cange are losing their life to diseases and other illnesses. Then he begins to talk about patients who he has taken back to Boston in order to cure her, and one patient stood out the most and his name was John. Though in chapter five it does not talk about Farmers first hand account but rather this PIH'er name Serena. John is suffering from some sort of cancer that has caused swelling in his neck and the only way to save his life is to bring him back to Boston for surgery. Serena and another now have to go back to Haiti and bring him back, but when they do, they find that John is very sick and can't find a way to bring him back on a commercial plane due to his critical condition.
After reading John's illness and finding out about his history and how his siblings and father have died due to other ailments and now his mother is the only one alive, I felt very emotional because of how he still has the courage and capacity to stay alive when everything has been taken away from him on top of that he is dying from a very serious illness. It just shows the persistent attitude of John and how he can fight through the pain. To me his a very inspirational person not because of illness but his mentallity of never giving up.
Ms. Amezcua this is my post for last week. 9/5/2011
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