{"id":162,"date":"2007-01-16T14:24:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T14:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/01\/pictures-from-the-hospital-tou.html"},"modified":"2007-01-16T14:24:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-16T14:24:04","slug":"pictures-from-the-hospital-tou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/01\/pictures-from-the-hospital-tou.html","title":{"rendered":"PIctures from the hospital &#8211; tough ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My sabbath ended late this afternoon and we (my friend and I) returned to the cancer ward&#8230; something I never really guessed I&#8217;d do again. But we went and I handed out some water and some lollipops and every person there solicited me to help save their child.<br \/>\nA few more pictures and descriptions to give you a sense of the place<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pillows.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/119\/import\/pillows.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nThis was the scene when we handed out a couple of pillows to children who desperately needed them.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"charles.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/119\/import\/charles.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nThis is Charles. Charles has endemic Burkitt&#8217;s lymphoma &#8211; a disease that, for whatever reason, is overwhelmingly found in equatorial Africa. He sleep on a dirty linoleum floor, under a desk. 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