Aaaand they’re OFF!

February 1, 2012 at 8:58 AM by Susanna    2 Comments »

The 3 LuvBugs Auction has officially opened over on the new Hidden Treasures website!  

Please visit and check out the several pages of wonderful, donated items!

Shop for gifts there and you will be helping to save the lives of three vulnerable children from Katie’s former orphanage.  Noah, Moses, and Jacob–I held them in my arms.  They are three precious little boys who need to come home to their family, and start healing!

Thank you so much, friends!

 

P. S.  We would also be overjoyed to receive more donations!  It is NOT too late to list them for this auction! Please email Amy Rainey at hiddentreasuresauction@gmail.com.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Katie’s DEXA scan results are in…

February 1, 2012 at 8:48 AM by Susanna    43 Comments »

…and they showed her bone density to be so low that she barely has any bone mass.  Dr. Strauss told us yesterday afternoon that her level was so low as to be unheard-of.  (We were expecting to hear this; her bones hardly showed up on the scan.)

The simplest way for me to show you where her bone density is on the scale is to send you to this definition of standard deviation on Wikipedia.  Please look at the diagram of the bell curve in the top right-hand corner.

Anything that falls outside of a 3 in either direction of a bell curve is considered abnormal.  Someone whose level of bone density is -3 on the bell curve has osteoporosis.

Katie’s bone density is at -15.  For comparison, using a bell curve to measure her level of malnutrition, she fell at -11.

Dr. Strauss said that the process of rebuilding bone is very slow, and because she is starting at such an extreme deficit, it will take years for her bones to get to a healthy level of density.

We are continuing to take precautions to protect her bones from injury.  There are also several treatments to help her heal.

~Katie will be receiving a medical therapy which will require IV treatment for three days every three months for one year.   There’s a slight possibility this could be done at the Clinic; we pray it will be so!  ***Later note:  YES!  This can be done at the Clinic!  Thank the Lord!***

~And we will continue the nutritional therapy with bio-available vitamin D and calcium, as well as other nutrients that are building her overall health.

~She can begin using the stander!  This weight-bearing therapy will be a valuable help to build her bones.  God met this need in full before we had even begun to seriously research pediatric standers.   To realize the significance of this provision, please check out the prices of Squiggles Standers on this page.   The givers also sent some extra attachments, some of which cost into the hundreds of dollars each.  Wow.  Thank you, G family, and thank you, Lord!

 

Jesus loves Katie, this I know…

For the Bible tells me so…

 

Little Katie to Him belongs…

 

Katie is weak, but He is strong…

 

Yes, Jesus loves Katie…

 

Yes, Jesus loves Katie…

 

Yes, Jesus loves Katie…

 

The Bible tells me so…

Guest Post from Amy Rainey, Hidden Treasures auction coordinator

January 29, 2012 at 9:12 PM by Susanna    4 Comments »

Dear friends,

I am writing to all who have kindly participated in past auctions at Hidden Treasures, or are interested in what we are doing.

Wonderful things are afoot for our next auction, which begins in two days on February 1st!

~This includes a custom redesign of the blog!  Additionally, we have worked to streamline the actual navigation of the auction listings.

~We have a button that you can share and post on your own websites and blogs!  Please help us spread the word!

~There is also a “child update” page now!  This will allow us to share the progress of the children that you have blessed in past auctions.

It’s not too late to donate!  Some of you have already contacted me about donations for our auction for the Archer boys.  If you have not, and wish to participate this time, we would love to have you!  Please let me know so that I can list your donated item(s) to be auctioned.  Email me at hiddentreasuresauction@gmail.com.

The 3 LuvBugs auction will run from Wednesday, February 1st to Tuesday, February 7th! 

If you would like to learn a bit more about the Archer family, visit us here:  Meet the 3 LuvBugs!   These three precious boys are very close to Susanna’s heart, because she had the privilege of holding each of them when she visited the orphanage last August.  They desperately need to come home to their daddy and mommy, so they can begin to heal emotionally, have their needs met, and learn the love of a family!

Many of you have a cottage industry from which you are donating items.  This might be handmade items, or a home-based business like Thirty One Gifts, Avon or Discovery Toys.  For this auction I plan to link to your website, if you have one, in the auction listings.

Finally, there will be a few changes to the function of the auction this time.  One notable change will be that we are going to only accept Paypal payments this time.  Paypal is secure and allows the money to go directly to the family, without anyone else needing to handle it.

If you want to join the fun and help the Archers go get their boys, please read How the Auction Works!  We hope to see you at the auction later this week! And please don’t forget to pray that God would bless the work and multiply the gifts greatly on behalf of these little ones!

Bless you, each and every one, for all that you have done for the sake of these precious children who carry the imprint of God’s image and are His unique design.  We may not be able to help all of the millions of orphans on this planet.  However, we can rescue a few from one of its very darkest corners.  It matters!  They matter!

Blessings,
Amy Rainey
Auction coordinator for the Hidden Treasures site
hiddentreasuresauction@gmail.com

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