The other day, a woman came into the clinic on her last leg of strength. The doctor even said he wasn’t sure she was going to make her next appointment. It was so disheartening seeing how, by not adhering to her medication, this beautiful twenty-seven year old woman was allowing the vicious virus infesting her body to take over. I’ve seen her vivacity and vigor diminish over the past few weeks, and am at a loss at trying to understand why she won’t simply take her medication. HIV is truly a brutal virus that, if left untreated, will consume every last healthy cell in your body. Though I have lived amongst and interacted with people who have been affected directly by this virus for the past eight months, I still feel as if I am a novice to understanding the influence it has upon its victims. Deaths are a common sadness that occur, and funerals are just about as normal to attend here as weddings. I wonder why some women are so hesitant about discovering the stat