Abstract:His small body lies there. Limp. Lifeless. Limbs assume a flopped out, semi-flexed position, without strength to resist the pull of gravity below. His fontanelle, normally flush with the surrounding skull, creates a diamond-shaped depression at his vertex. Skin, doughy from lack of fluid hardly retracts when I pinch it between my two fingers. His small heart beats vigorously. Halfclosed, sunken eyes show he is fast losing a desperate fight for life.He has a name, but it could be Deng, or Lual, or Dut, such is … Show more
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