UPDATE: Five days after bullets tore through her small body, Maya is still fighting. There is now more movement on the left side of her body, while her right side remains still. There is damage to her brain stem where the bullet exited. The left side of her brain was severely injured.
Five days after bullets tore through her small body, Maya remains in a hospital bed, suspended between crisis and hope. Machines hum softly around her, monitoring every heartbeat and breath, while doctors and nurses move carefully in and out of the room. Though her condition is still critical, there are fragile but meaningful signs of…