Family with AIDS 3:45 Joe Plotts
From the Vernacular Project: Barbara Bryon is Dori’s mother. She unknowingly passed the virus to Dori in the womb. Dori considers her mother "her number one hero." She suffers from numerous disabilities, a result of oppportunistic infections that she’s faced in the past 19 years. Dori passed away in September. [transcript]
Broadcast: Dec 1 2003 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Health, Family