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Bellingham (WA) Boy Fighting Flesh-Eating Bacteria
KIRO TV Washington ^ | February 21, 2006 | KIRO TV

Posted on 02/21/2006 12:15:43 PM PST by Sopater

POSTED: 12:01 am PST February 21, 2006 UPDATED: 9:25 am PST February 21, 2006

SEATTLE -- A 6-year-old Bellingham boy is fighting to survive a deadly infection that's killing the tissue in his face.

Jake Finkbonner has necrotizing faciitis, a ravaging bacteria.

Finkbonner was airlifted from Bellingham to Children's Hospital a week ago. He's had three surgeries so far to try to save his life.

The problem started when the boy received a fat lip from a fall at a basketball game.

Jake's father, Donny Finkbonner, said surgeons worked on his son the night he was brought to Children's Hospital in Seattle. "We wanted the truth from the surgeons and they said we’re operating on him to save his life," said Finkbonner.

The boy’s family members said the bacteria were consuming him before their eyes. "He didn’t have any facial features that were identifiable as my little boy," said Elsa Finkbonner, Jake's mother.

Antibiotics wouldn't stop the infection from spreading so surgeons had to cut out the infected tissue.

HOW TO HELP A spaghetti dinner fundraiser is being held for Jake's medical care on Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Ferndale High School Cafeteria.

Elsa Finkbonner said their faith is giving them strength. "Our son's life is in God’s hands, and it’s out of our control. We just ask for more prayers."

Doctors are making sure they remove all of the bacteria.

The boy is expected to need extensive plastic surgery.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: antibiotics; flesheatingbacteria; health; infections; mrsa; necrotizingfaciitis; staphinfection; superbugs
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To: Brad's Gramma

I just ran across this thread. You may want to ask the Prayer Warriors to pray for this poor little boy.


41 posted on 02/22/2006 8:36:22 PM PST by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Sopater

What a beautiful little boy! My heart goes out to him and his family. Thank goodness this child has a loving family to stand beside him. God bless them all.


42 posted on 02/22/2006 8:38:37 PM PST by derllak
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To: Sopater; Spunky; Texas Termite; manna; Okies love Dubya 2; Fawnn; Harmless Teddy Bear; ...

Please Lord....heal little Jake....please.


43 posted on 02/22/2006 8:56:38 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Brad's Gramma

Thanks for the ping, Prayers for little Jake are on the way. Little kids suffering is something this old man has a hard time dealing with. If they set up a fund, let me know and I will donate to it


44 posted on 02/22/2006 9:00:14 PM PST by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Brad's Gramma; Sopater

OH...my goodness, the pain that Jake and his parents are going through...

God Bless them...and heal little Jake as I know you can...and please comfort his parents and give them hope that he will one day be healthy and happy again...

sleuth


45 posted on 02/22/2006 9:04:23 PM PST by Txsleuth
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To: Sopater

Prayer bump for Jake and his family and the medical team.


46 posted on 02/22/2006 9:06:00 PM PST by Prince Charles
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To: Sopater

Do you which church they attend in Bellingham?


47 posted on 02/22/2006 9:31:28 PM PST by connectthedots
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To: Sopater

May God grant healing to the little one and guidance for all concerned. In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen


48 posted on 02/22/2006 9:44:31 PM PST by skr (We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.--Ronald Reagan)
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To: Sopater

prayer bump


49 posted on 02/22/2006 9:58:41 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: connectthedots

The post said he attends Assumption School. I don't know if the family attends church there or not.


50 posted on 02/22/2006 10:15:06 PM PST by luckymom (Forget the baby whales, save the baby humans.)
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To: Sopater

Prayers for Jake going up now. Poor little fellow.


51 posted on 02/22/2006 10:57:32 PM PST by Yaelle (in their effort not to demonize humans, Spielberg and Kushner end up humanizing demons)
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To: Brad's Gramma; Sopater

Oh my .. this is awful. Please, dear Lord, bring Your healing to this sweet little child of Yours, and wisdom to his medical team. How very tragic.


52 posted on 02/22/2006 11:56:36 PM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author:)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
Government can appropriately act as a facilitator of activities that individual citizens want to engage in.

That's awfully ironic, coming from one with your screen name.

Big Stupid Government can't even get out of its own way, much less "facilitate" a damn thing with anything even remotely close to efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Speak, tagline, speak!

Goooooood tagline. Sit. Stay.

53 posted on 02/23/2006 12:01:45 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government "job" attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker
maybe via a line on the tax return forms

That sounds like a good idea.

54 posted on 02/23/2006 12:51:20 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Sopater

Here's another one from 2/12/06

Prayer Request for very sick little Fla. girl with massive infection
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577350/posts


55 posted on 02/23/2006 12:56:53 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Sopater
Joining our FReeper family in prayer that the Lord's healing hand would rest mightily upon Jake ...
56 posted on 02/23/2006 1:22:26 AM PST by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word ...)
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To: Brad's Gramma

BTTT


57 posted on 02/23/2006 3:00:29 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: MJY1288

Our thoughts are on the way to him!


58 posted on 02/23/2006 4:21:32 AM PST by BlazingArizona
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To: Hank Rearden

If funding of a government-facilitated program is entirely from direct voluntary donations, and it is run stupidly, it will get very little money to spend stupidly. If we converted the idiotic Medicare Part D to a voluntary-funded program, almost no one would give it a cent, and it would have to make massive changes very quickly or simply be shut down for lack of funds. That would certainly have the effect of shrinking government (or greatly improving its efficiency).

As for these young families who get hit with totally unexpected, unavoidable, massively expensive illnesses, it's not like government doesn't end up paying a lot of the bills anyway (as it also does for self-inflicted conditions in people who never made the slightest effort to avoid illness or be financially self-sufficient). But for government to start paying, the family first has to become officially indigent, meaning for starters they have to lose their home if they own it, and have no savings. After they have been thrown back to zero financially, so that they will not be able to get credit/mortgages at normal rates for many years, government will start paying the medical bills, but only if the family STAYS indigent, thus removing any incentive for them to try to earn money, buy and improve a home, etc.


59 posted on 02/23/2006 7:34:29 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Brad's Gramma

Thank you, BG, for the ping. I have also prayed.


60 posted on 02/23/2006 7:40:38 AM PST by .30Carbine
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