Passage 31 Please Dress Me in RedI have worked with numerous children infected with the virus ( 病毒 )that causes AIDS ． The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life ． They have taught me so many things，but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages．Let me tell you about Tyler．Tyler was born infected with HIV；his mother was also infected．From the very beginning of his life，he was dependent on medications to enable him to survive．When he was five，he had a tube surgically(在外科手术上) inserted in a vein（静脉，血管）in his chest．This tube was connected to a pump，which he carried in a small backpack on his back．Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream ．At times( 有 时 ， 间 或 ) ， he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing．Tyler wasn’t willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this deadly disease．It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard，wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon．All of us who knew Tyler marveled(感到惊讶，感到好奇) at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him．Tyler’s mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in red．That way，when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard，she could quickly spot him．This dreaded disease eventually wore down( 使精疲力竭，使消瘦 ) even the likes of a little dynamo( 发 电 机 ， 电 动 机 ) like Tyler ． He grew quite ill and ， unfortunately ， so did his HIV-infected mother ...
