Chapter 18

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After she calmed down enough we moved to the little living room area to talk. Her name was Carol and she knew Terry for many years. From what I was told, Alexis wasn't always this bad she used to walk and express herself. But as she got older she slowly got bedridden and her mother tried to find a cure. No one would come out this far and some listened to the symptoms to offer her a small hope. Medical equipment she couldn't afford because this village wasn't making money, it was self-sufficient. Because of this many left for the cities but Terry never had that option with a sick child.

When Alexis turned thirteen she became unresponsive but alive. It was described like she entered a dream state but never woke up or responded. That's when Terry got desperate for help she spent her mornings and half the evening with Alexis. But Carol took over while Terry went out to walk miles without rest to any city or town she could. The desperation was expected of a mother who