We went into a house with Bryan to see a 17 year old girl he has been working with. A tragic story, really. She had undiagnosed TB, a rather insidious strain at that. It has left her completely paralyzed, and confined to a corner of her family's one room hut. She now has large bed sores that have become necrotic (gangrene). Anyway, Bryan goes out to the village several times a week to make sure that the girl is being cared for by her parents. They need to clean the wounds, change the dressing, turn her and move her limbs. Bryan is very good about getting her siblings (and other village children) involved in massaging her arms and legs (and Katherine helped out too). Massage is actually an Akha tradition, so it works relatively well.