“I was one of the ones who came here to die,” Fisher said, recalling her abysmal numbers when first diagnosed with HIV. “But as the medicines got better, we got better. I left because I was good enough that I could for a little bit.”
Fisher returned to House of Joseph II about four years ago, needing support to manage her diabetes and dialysis treatment. The notion of having to find another place to live that would provide the medical and emotional support Fisher receives at House of Joseph was “devastating,” she said.
