Jaundiced, she presented with acute hepatitis C.
Pre-contemplative but concerned, she asked for clean needles.
Unable but determined, we offered the 18-year-old mother of
four a Nexplanon instead.
Implant in place, she proclaimed “now I am invincible!”
Later, withdrawing, she quietly left with an IV still in place.
Embarrassed, we chuckled and claimed “harm reduction.”
