little katy

an email sent out by Jennie

Hi everyone,

I wanted to send you a quick email asking for your prayers for a little girl named, Katy. Katy is Haitian and lives in the Batey of Pancho Mateo. It's situated on the backside of Montellano, Dominican Republic. Katy is about 6 years old and was recently brought to our attention for the unusually big stomach that she has. It even seemed unusually big for having parasites. So after a series of doctor's visits, tests, cat scans, etc. etc. she was found to have a tumor right up next to her stomach, pancreas and liver. Its difficult to tell if it is cancerous or not until they can operate on her and take it out.

Katy is scheduled to have surgery this coming Tuesday, the 27th of March. Please be praying for her. Her liver and pancreas are not functioning up to their optimum probably due to the tumor. She also has tested positive for Cickle Cell Anemia, which is very common here in the DR. The doctor was honest in saying that she could die during the surgery but if she doesn't have it taken out, then she could still die if the tumor continues to grow. Pray that the blood donors that we have lined up come through with the necessary blood that she needs. I don't know if she or her grandmother are Christians. I have talked to them about the great Physician and about praying to Him on Katy's behalf. We will meet with her and her grandmother the night before her surgery to pray with them.

Katy lives alone with her grandmother who works hard at making a living for them both. They were recently given mattresses to sleep on, but other than that they don't have very many belongings and are very poor. Katy's mother died a month after she was born. Her mother was 22 years old. Her father also died from a fever, and to my knowledge she doesn't have any other brothers or sisters.

Attached is a photo of her and her grandmother in front of their neighbor's house. Thank you so much for your prayers and support!

In His Service,

Jennie