Javier Alexander Vega, the youngest in his family of recent immigrants, is big enough to walk. But, when he does, his legs look too thin to carry him.
Javier, who’s 11⁄2 years old, is malnourished. His first doctor’s visit in Chicago doesn’t start by saying “ah” but with a physician laying what looks like a silver dinner plate at his feet that turns out to be a scale.
