What happens with Lila’s mother’s health? How helpful does Lila think the medicine man will be?

Lila's mother's health deteriorates and she has no moeny to call a doctor or take her to the hospital. Lila has no faith in the medicine man, but she is afraid because they have no other alternative.

"What shall we do?' she cried. We can't do anything— we have to listen to him. There's no hospital in the village we can take her to, and no doctor who would come. We have no one but the magic man to help us. Magic!"