Many of the babies are oddly quiet, lethargic with dehydration, the nurses say. A woman begins cooking eggs and beans on a kerosene stove for the children, sending a gassy smell into the room. Boese carefully pumps a few drops of a waterless soap onto his hands between each patient. By midday, the rainbow colors of the T-shirts are smearing together with sweat. The group has run out of medicine to treat worms.
Word spreads into the village.
The people quit saying it is a problem when asked their symptoms. DeTray lifts the baby's T-shirt. The baby's belly is swollen, a sign of parasites. She speaks with the mother. The woman makes a comment in Spanish.