This painting evokes the desperation and exhaustion of a harrowed family seeking treatment for their child  and perhaps also for the mother. The distant stare in the man’s face captures uncertainty and resignation. Perhaps he wonders if they have come too late, if the child in his arms will survive his illness. Perhaps he wonders how much longer they have to wait.

Masterfully painted, artist Robert Lee MacCameron captures the pale faces, wrinkles, veined hands, and skinny legs of each figure.