Innocent Victims, A Family Lives With AIDS

Randy Olson

The Pittsburgh Press

Megan's transition from HIV to full blown AIDS was a bout with chicken pox two years ago. Since then, she's had a hard time with walking and speaking coherently. When they bring her in for tests, often she has to be sedated making a simple trip to the hospital an all day affair. Having AIDS herself, the divorced welfare mother of five sometimes can't handle the pressure of medical care and has to cancel appointments.

Randy Olson, "Innocent Victims, A Family Lives With AIDS," in POYi Archive, Item #19563, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19563 (accessed November 23, 2024).