Magda, Jean Felix and I met to map out our intervention plan for Mushya. We would anesthetize only the mother to start with, then evaluate the infant as quickly as possible. I preferred not to anesthetize him unless absolutely necessary. His pale mucous membranes worried me. We couldn't draw many conclusions from a simple skin scraping, however. We'd need to perform as complete a work-up as possible. Our goal would be to collect as many routine samples from Mushya as possible, including blood, urine, feces and a skin biopsy.
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As we hiked the trail to Isabukuru Group, I didn't feel very optimistic. It was my turn to check on Mushya, a 10-month-old infant of a first-time mother. The baby had steadily been losing body condition, and Karisoke trackers now reported that the male baby seemed suddenly weaker and was losing more hair.
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