At three years of age Roman does not do much more than smile and make noises; he does not move or talk, nor can he reason, and he will never have a life like one of us.

He could have been like other children, mischievous and playful; but his story began when he was abandoned in a trash can as a newborn and suffered brain and spinal cord injuries.

Today, Roman lives with twenty-eight other disabled children at the Hogar de la Misericordia among which are deaf, blind, paraplegics, or have myelomeningocele, brain injuries, contractures, etc.

But one thing is certain, Roman is a big part of our Hogar de la Misericordia, where over 100 terminally ill patients of all ages are treated in the metropolitan area of Monterrey.

Roman, like the other individuals at Hogar de la Misericordia, requires intensive care from the 70 nurses and religious Sisters that treat the patients with great love and care giving them a dignified life and upon death a Christian burial.

It is good to be moved by Roman’s story, but it is even better when there are generous Christians and helping hands to make this situation improve.

Based on the article by Jorge Villegas.