Ryan, AIDS Patient

Cheryl Nuss

San Jose Mercury News

Ryan Thomas, 5, has AIDS, infected by a blood transfusion shortly after birth. Every other week he spends five hours receiving gamma globulin treatments. Ryan has become a celebrity in his hometown of Atascadero, Calif., where his parents won a court order allowing him to attend public school. Here, two children head for class as Ryan waits with his mother in a school office.

Cheryl Nuss, "Ryan, AIDS Patient," in POYi Archive, Item #14820, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/14820 (accessed May 19, 2024).