How does paediatric AIDS work?
Our children receive good medical care, and they seldom get the respiratory infections that kill in a matter of days. Most often, our children develop candidiasis throughout their digestive systems (usually along with multiple low-grade infections), which first causes chronic diarhea. Then the child eventually cannot swallow solid food. Eventually they cannot swallow liquids. Over a period of two to four months, they gradually starve to the point that there is organ system failure and death. The tragedy for us is that there is little we can do for them, other than control their pain and keep them hydrated. We could never describe adequately in words how impossible it is to witness this slow and painful process. It is completely devastating! It is monstrous to watch helplessly as a child’s life slips away.
