Complex sentence: What seems like a welcome chance to be left alone becomes a lesson in humility, compassion, and empathy; as misfortune after misfortune befalls him and he can't even get medical care.
Split into simpler sentences: What seems like a welcome chance to be left alone becomes a lesson in humility, compassion, and empathy. Misfortune after misfortune befalls him, and he can't even get medical care.