Being chronically or severely ill and being well are like two different worlds. Any child/young person who has experienced long term or severe illness, will not, by their actions, harm their health deliberately, as many teenagers do with alcohol or/and drugs. Those who are ill simply long to be well to lead a normal life.
There are many angels in our society that treat the sick, lonely and dying but there are not enough to go around and some fend for themselves and recover to become the angels of the future. To think less is to lose hope.
My memory of Elias is intimate but brief; I asked him, "what happened, where are you taking me, who are you? Tell me!"
In a calm voice; "Sara hush, you died.
George