Related Clues:

• Distressed
• Poorly
• Not doing well at all
• Sobbing uncontrollably, perhaps
• Ill
• Wracked with pain
• Suffering torment
• Really suffering
• Suffering terribly
• Go North there with Pa in, maybe
• That's no better
• Deserving of help
• Seriously suffering
• Doing terribly
• Awfully dicky