What are some of the conflicts that arise for the Lees when the go to the hospital for Lia? Do you think these conflicts could have been avoided? Explain why or why not.
• Lia's placenta was incinerated, as doctors generally fear that allowing the Hmong to take the placenta home may result in its consumption by mothers or in the possible spread of hepatitis B, and in any case, nobody at the birth spoke English.
• Foua gave birth on a steel table, unaccompanied by family members, her amniotic sac artificially ruptured to speed the birth.
• Lia was taken to the central nursery to receive an injection of Vitamin K and two drops of silver nitrate solution in each eye, and to be bathed with soap.
