Tuberculosis Scare
Elias’ middle child, and original Elias Fund scholarship recipient, has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). Honest has finishing his secondary schooling at a private college, preparing himself for the jump to a university. Here is a portion of the email we received about Honest:
Honest has had a bit of a set-back – he has quiet bad TB – you remember the uncle Eria, was staying with them before he died, and I presume that is where he picked it up. Now we know what the problem is he should respond fairly quickly to treatment – we are so relieved that he is NOT HIV positive – one always worries about that [...]
Though we are relieved Honest is not HIV+, the danger of TB is still troublesome. TB killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2005 with Africa averaging the highest mortality rate. Our thoughts and prayers will most certainly be with Honest and his family as we are wholeheartedly behind his recuperation.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I’m also relieved he doesn’t have HIV/AIDS but now he does face a challange with TB. My heart goes out to elias and his family. i hope he responds to the treatment and can go on to hopefully change the world or make an impact. peace and love,
Caitlyn Marie
August 18th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Thank you Caitlyn for the words of encouragement! We will make sure to pass them onto Honest and his family…
October 10th, 2008 at 8:22 am
treatment for hiv aids…
I found your post comments while searching Google. Very relevant especially as this is not an issue which a lot of peaople are conversant with….