I was recognizably human; I had at least the usual complement of legs
and arms; but I might have been some shameful piece of garbage. There was
something indecent about the way in which I was being furtively shuffled out of life-Peter
Greaves, leprosy patient
She came to see me
completely covered by a scarf. I knew immediately that there was something dark
and terrible hidden away. She was subdued and timid from years of being shunned
in her village. I removed the scarf and told her she did not need it at the
hospital and would not need it anymore.
We would help her.
She arrived the day before I was leaving Nigeria so I promised that I would do her
surgery on the next trip, but I doubt she believed me. I showed her pictures of another
unfortunate soul with a similar problem that I had repaired. I think I could
see a glimmer of hope in her eyes.
She will have her surgery soon.
