WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World’s Child Sponsorship medical help brought relief when Primia needed medicine after tonsillitis surgery. As bills rose and debt threatened, program staff visited her home with prayer, encouragement, and practical assistance. Their care helped Primia recover and stay focused on school.
Primia’s throat burned. Each time the young girl took a sip of water, her throat protested. Every bite of food took effort to swallow. Her parents thought it might be a side-effect of the weather, but as the months passed, the pain grew worse. Belicia, Primia’s mother, took her to the hospital, where she found out Primia had a severe case of tonsilitis.
The doctor recommended Primia undergo surgery to relieve the girl’s pain and prevent it from getting even worse.
After the operation came the news that Belicia perhaps dreaded most: the cost. They couldn’t afford the medication needed post-surgery, a side-effect of the poverty that afflicted their family. Belicia worked cleaning houses, earning a small amount of money. Primia’s father worked, too, but he spent his income mostly on alcohol instead of on his family, so Belicia alone had to provide for Primia and her older brother.
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