this evening the touching story of a teen who is so vibrant and full of potential but whose life
is interrupted by a myriad of serious illnesses on top of that she is constantly fighting depression
brought on by her deplorable living conditions kirk wright has that story afrin ramjeet is
only 17 years old she's a bundle of joy packed with boundless abilities she can draw life is
so sweet and i don't want to die but this bird in that beer could be hard sometimes and write songs
several of which she has mixed and voiced herself
afrin often wears a bright smile but that's her way of masking the pain she feels every day even
right now speaking to you i mean a lot of pain if you can think of some major illnesses afrin
has them so i have fibromyalgia which is a bone disease i have lupus i have a cyst in the womb
i have epilepsy also known as a seizures and i have a heart condition these empty boxes represent
the stock of medication that a free needs to keep her going she has not been well lately because all
her medication ran out over a month ago a friend sat up close to 12 minutes for this interview
but collapsed near the end and was rushed to the university hospital where she was kept overnight
she was released today and is doing a little better but with no internet and a laptop for
online classes a friend has missed out on more than a year of her education i do love school if
there is anything that i know in this world that i love it is school and i would do anything just
to be in school her mother elisa reynolds was a vendor at the glengolf high school where afrin is
a 10th grader but kovite 19 forced the closure of schools leaving miss reynolds without an income to
care for her with everything that is going on with her she tried to took her life more than one time
because she's saying that she's trying to ease the pressure off a mommy with mom you have to do
so much for her and mommy have to spend so much money to get medication and everything their
deplorable living condition adds to their already heavy burden their rented property looks ok
from the outside inside the grim reality of their poverty stands out their bed a piece of sponge
supported by a few buckets to help keep it level two empty cylinders and a stove that barely works
the roof leaks duck ants are eaten away of the foundation and the bathroom barely works but
they brave it and shower outside it's one of the most things that makes me depressed too because
looking at the condition of how i live and you know i have never ever had a room for myself i am
sorry her mother also has two serious
medical conditions but look what happens when we asked her about that
well yes i do have some problems also yes i do but i leave myself out and look about afrin
the two are begging for immediate help and without a sustained
supply of medication afrin's mom fears the worst could happen kirk wright tv genus