WST 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, Merced County, California, Valproate
13 Mar 2017
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2/7/17: hmong: from southeast asia -> laos, laos borders vietnam & thailand, a little bit of china. Main characters: foua yang (mother) and nao kao lee (father, pediatricians at merced county medical center: neil ernst and peggy. Hospital in fresno for 9 days: 3/1984 peggy philp diagnoses lia with delayed development due to oxygen deprivation from seizures. Her parents take care of her for 26 years: she lived the last 26 years of her 30 years in a persistent vegetative state. If you are in a vegetative state, you aren"t mobile so you can get infections easily Your immune system is comprised, etc: 8/31/2012 lia lee dies at age 30. Rural laos: woman is quiet, at home / dirt floor / clean, but not necessarily sterile environment, woman is alone except perhaps her husband (averts his eyes, no written record.
