Iulian has extensively drug-resistant TB. Alongside nausea and headaches, his skin has become sensitive to warm water and he is beginning to lose his hearing. He lost his father to TB when he was young. His mother has drug-resistant TB, but is refusing treatment. The barriers impeding the treatment success for TB are both financial and legal. The National Drug Agency in Romania is currently unable to approve the use of TB medications not produced in western Europe or the US, no matter how safe, effective or affordable they are.