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"Khadija's mother, Aynee Abdul Qader, holds her 2-year-old son. They're all weary, she says. "She's been like this two months," she says." Why did they wait?

Three weeks ago (per story) the assault on Tal Afar kicked in. So it's obvious why she didn't get taken after that:

"The hospital is a particular target. U.S. and Iraqi forces seized it from insurgents two weeks ago. A soldier from the U.S. Army's Third Armored Cavalry Regiment was killed securing the building."

Since then there's been firefights between the Army and "insurgents."

8-9 weeks ill. 3 weeks accounted for. The possible inferences I draw are that she got worse, and it wasn't important enough until recently; or they didn't want to take her to the hospital when the "insurgents" were there. I'm open to other possible inferences.