Government aid would keep her in a hospital room, but not at home, not with the intensive service she needed just to stay alive.

I stopped outside her hospital room and prayed for ministry wisdom.

When she wanted to write she would withdraw, persuading a doctor friend to sign her into a private hospital room where nobody could contact her.

Back in his hospital room, he broke down and cried as never before.

She has since stayed in her tiny hospital room, with no internet, books or mags to entertain her.