Baby Quynh

While reading a blog I follow, I came upon another baby from Vietnam that needs our help. I copied the the latest entry on Quynh below. I am so thankful there are people helping her. Please pray and even consider helping cover some of her astronomical medical costs.

“Here is an update on little Quynh. She has made it to the U.S. on a medical visa! There is currently a herculean effort being made to save her life. I received this email from a friend of a friend. :) Quynh was abandoned when she was about one month old. She has Klippell-Trenaunay Syndrome, a severe vascular condition. Three out of four babies born with her condition do not survive the first month. Many more die by the third month. While in Vietnam, one of the many blood vessels on the surface of her skin broke and bled profusely, saturating a blanket and my jeans 18" in diameter right through to my skin. The clinic was able to stop the bleeding and save her life. With the Lord's care she has defied the odds and is now 4 1/2 months old. She is now in Arkansas and has had an MRI and a laser treatment for the blood vessels on her legs. The MRI showed that all of her organs are functioning. The hospital required $15,000.00 up front to do the MRI and the first laser treatment. The MRI alone was $12,000.00 and the adoption agency is now $5,000.00 in arrears with the hospital. The hospital is requiring more money up front before agreeing to continue her treatment. The couple from the adoption agency that have taken baby Quynh into their care have exhausted their reserves in hopes that more funding will come in to continue her needed treatment. She needs more laser treatments to help prevent the blood vessels on the surface of her skin from bleeding and, even worse, being susceptible to infection. Should she get staph, or some other infection, she could die in a matter of hours without proper treatment at a hospital very experienced with her condition. She also needs surgery to help her to walk when she is able. A condition of granting her visa to come to the states is that she will not become dependant on the government, hence no government assistance is available for her. This is a team effort to take care of this baby who has no parents to help her. Right now the needed players are those with a kind heart of mercy for her and the ability to give financially. Donations for her are tax deductible made out to Ventures For Children International (VCI). She has defied the odds of survival to this point, received the visa to come here, has housing and care, five top specialists to treat her, and her MRI shows a good chance of survival. Now she needs big hearted donors to see her through to a bright future. By the way, she also needs a family to adopt her as their very own. AND ONE OTHER EMAIL FROM ANOTHER FRIEND: My church did something unusual this year. They gave out envelopes of money(in increments of $10-$500) to every adult in their services a couple of weeks ago. We were entrusted with the task to multiply and invest in God's kingdom. We must comply with four rules: we can't spend it on ourselves, we can't give it back to our church, we must distribute the money by Christmas 2007, and we need to e-mail our church to tell them what we did with our "Mina" so that the church body might share in the stories of encouragement, hope, and faithfulness. My church is calling this "The Mina Project". My "Mina" is in the amount of ten dollars. This friend has decided to try to help Quynh with her "Mina" and has asked others to match the $10 Mina amount. If you would like to help with Quynh's medical bills, please consider matching the $10 "Mina" for little Quynh. Please put "Quynh's Mina" in the memo section so that VCI will know what the money is for. Together, I know that we can help this little girl who has no parents to help her. At Thanksgiving, I kept thinking of all my blessings--and the fact that I live in a country that is a paradise compared to most. After I read about the Mina project, I knew that I had to tell you about it--and that you would want to help. Ten dollars is a small enough amount that even children can participate--or a Sunday School class--or a small group of any type. The opportunities are endless! I know that God has brought Quynh to our attention so that we can help this tiny, parentless child to have the care she needs and deserves. Please feel free to forward this to anyone you know and let's see what God will do with our "Mina!" The address for VCI is: Adoption Agency: Ventures for Children Int. Address: 1621 Starr Drive, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 72701 Phone: 479-582-0305 Website: www.venturesforchildren.org E-Mail: info@venturesforchildren.org”