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Unit1PersonalRelationshipsTheGiftofLife[1]Thebombslandedinthesmallvillage.NobodyknowswhatthesebombsweresupposedtohitduringtheterribleVietnamWar,buttheylandedinasmallorphanagerunbyamissionarygroup.[2]Themissionariesandoneortwochildrenwerekilled,andseveralchildrenwerewounded,includingoneyounggirl,about8yearsold,whosufferedwoundstoherlegs.[3]Acoupleofhourslater,medicalhelparrived.ThemedicalhelpwasayoungAmericanNavydoctorandanequallyyoungNavynurse.Theyquicklyfoundoneyounggirltobeverybadlyinjured,anditwasclearthatwithoutimmediateaction,shewoulddiefromlossofbloodandshock.[4]Theysawthatshehadtohaveblood,buttheirlimitedsuppliesdidnotincludeplasma,soamatchingbloodtypewasrequired.AquickbloodtypingshowedthatneitherAmericanhadthecorrectbloodtype.Severaloftheuninjuredorphansdid.[5]ThedoctorspokealittleVietnamese,andthenursespokealittlehigh-schoolFrench.ThechildrenspokenoEnglishbutsomeFrench.Usingwhatlittlecommonlanguagetheycouldfind,togetherwithalotofsignlanguage,theytriedtoexplaintothesefrightenedchildrenthatunlesstheycouldgivesomebloodtotheirlittlefriendshewouldcertainlydie.Thentheyaskedifanyonewouldbewillingtogivebloodtohelp.[6]Theirrequestwasmetwithwide-eyedsilence.Theirlittlepatient'slifehunginthebalance.Yettheycouldonlygetthebloodifoneofthesefrightenedchildrenwouldagreetogiveit.Afterseverallongmoments,alittlehandslowlywentup,droppedbackdown,andamomentlaterwentupagain.[7]"Oh,thankyou,"thenursesaidinFrench."Whatisyourname?"[8]"Heng,"camethereply.[9]Hengwasquicklylaidonabed,hisarmcleanedwithalcohol,andtheneedleinsertedintohisarm.ThroughallofthisHenglaystiffandsilent.[10]Afteramoment,heletoutalongsob,quicklycoveringhisfacewithhisfreehand.[11]"Isithurting,Heng?"thedoctorasked.[12]Hengshookhisheadsilently,butafterafewmomentsanothersobescaped,andagainhetriedtocoveruphiscrying.Againthedoctoraskedhimiftheneedleinhisarmwashurting,andagainHengshookhishead.[13]Butnowhisoccasionalsobturnedtoasteady,silentcrying,hiseyesheldtightlyshut,hisfistinhismouthtryingtostophissobs.[14]Themedicalt