Health

Chronic illnesses/disabilities

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  Medical Testing

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Child Illness

  Mother: Tianna G

  "Every time my son got sick, their dad had to take off of work. That's  money we're missing. That means: Do we pay the rent or do we pay the light bill?"

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  Neighborhood Emergencies

  Mother: Tianna G
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  Needs a nebulizer

  Mother: Tamika H

  We all have asthma, but Welfare won’t give you money for you to get a machine.  You still have to pay for the machine. Melissa was wheezing really badly, and she came all the way from 15th and Mason to use my children’s machine.  She had to use this small mask because I can’t afford to buy a big mask for me.

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  Peace

  Mother: Crystal S

  He was saying peace to everybody. In this picture, from my son, he just wants to be a normal kid… same wants and needs. Because my son, he’s developmentally delayed from his medical problems.  He just wants to fit in. He just wants to be normal like everybody else...I figure you've gotta be gentle and you've gotta be nurturing, because the world isn’t … it’s not gentle, it’s not kind, it’s not easygoing at all. It’s hard, it’s tough, and it’ll knock you down every chance it gets, so I shelter them with as much love as I can right now.

   

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  Failure to thrive

  Mother: Melissa H

  My son, he’s already on the small side and he needs every bit of food that he can get to make him healthy, keep him healthy. He has failure to thrive. He has a bone deficiency that doesn’t allow him to grow. He’s only thirty pounds. He has acid reflux. He had RSV, failure to thrive, chronic asthma.

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  My daughter's health

  Mother: Angelica R

  I want everyone to see how important her health is to me.  She’s been so sick.  Her asthma started acting up and then she got cold sores and, forget it! Those are all her medications. She has to take them everyday, and one medicine she takes four or five times a day, just to keep her mouth from hurting so bad.