Habiba had a wonderful day today. She and our other patients got late Christmas presents in the morning and now they doing art therapy with some weekly volunteers! Today they played corn hole, painted toilet paper rolls for the body of the butterflies and then cut out the wings. We're thankful for creative distractions!

Habiba was just enjoying her time as she waited her turn to go for surgery. Today, she insisted that she be allowed to braid our storyteller Ezy's hair. She took the opportunity when he sat down to play with kids. "Since he has long hair like a girl, it should be braided like a girl," she explained. We are so happy she is here with us!

Habiba has gotten herself rescheduled. She will need to see the doctor again. Pray for her not to get discouraged as she waits. She had a great day, she was on the playground playing with her friends! She said the only way we can leave the playground is if we take a picture of her on the slide sliding down. It is great to see her enjoying her self!

Yay! Habiba is clear for surgery. She went for pre-anesthesia today and will be ready for next week. Habiba was part of a Bible story reading about Esther. She then got cookies for answering a question which you can see she was pretty excited about! Please continue to pray for her and her upcoming surgery!

Habiba made it back for her follow up appointment today! She's walking without her walker and loving her freedom. The doctors say she's doing well and, after today's appointment, they've scheduled her for another follow-up in January so our little lady is on her way once again!

Habiba has once again gone home, but not until after she and her sister Rahaatou got to jointly, as they do everything, be in a fashion show! They modeled some clothes made by a local seamstress and had a great time. Right now, they're scheduled to be back here for a follow up appointment in three months!

Habiba took a break from her physical therapy and joined us for an art therapy session where she decorated this frame for a picture of herself! It was a chance for us to sit down with her and explain that we're all made in God's image and He loves us even more than we can imagine!

It's been six months and five days since Habiba first came to us and she is almost unrecognizable now! Her legs are straight and her wounds are healed up. And to boot, the doctors have made the call that she actually will not need that walking boot we were talking about! She's still using a walker to get around, but even that won't last long!

Habiba (looking at the camera) and her sister Rahaatou made it back for their post op check up today! Her legs are looking nice and straight and the doctors are pleased with the healing. A small wound did open up under her cast so we're going to treat that and make sure it heals up nicely. In the meantime, we're also going to be making a walking boot for Habiba that'll help protect her leg as she's in the final stages of healing!

Habiba is doing great and we were able to deliver several of your get well messages to her today along with a little beanie baby bear that was donated to us. She is in high spirits and, adding to her high spirits, she was discharged today. Even though she's leaving the ward, please continue to keep her in your prayers as there is still a lot of healing to do!

Habiba had a visit from Hanatou and Salamatou from our spiritual department today! They've actually been visiting her every day, this is just the first day where we captured a photo of it. They got to check up on her, talk to her mother, and pray for them both!

Day 1 post op and Habib seems to be doing amazing! The doctors saw her on their rounds this morning and are pleased with how she did over the night. No serious bleeding. No complaints of swelling and the cast being too tight. Just firm determination to heal up from this surgery and have two straight legs!

Habiba's surgery was today and it went great! We attacked her left bow leg this time. It was a long and complicated procedure where the doctors essentially took out a wedge of bone from her leg. This allowed them to then break her leg straight before putting in some hardware to hold it straight as she heals! It was a big procedure and she'll undoubtedly be feeling it when she wakes up. If you could join us in praying for strength for this little one, that would be amazing!

Habiba has been admitted to the ward for surgery number 2! We've hardly ever see kids this excited the morning of their surgery!

Habiba came back for her follow up appointment today (along with her sister Rahaatou) and the doctors are pumped about how well she is doing! They said the bone has healed up enough that we can talk about taking out the pins that are in there. They also discussed the possibility about installing some permanent hardware in her leg which will strengthen it as she continues to grow.

Habiba's grandmother was able to figure out some transportation home for the two of them and they left early this morning. We're a little bummed we didn't get a proper goodbye with them, but we're pumped Habiba gets to go home and we're excited to see her when she comes back in a few weeks for her follow up appointment!

Our little lady has had a pretty slow week. She's just been hanging around the hospital while learning to walk with both her new cast and new walker. She's got a great attitude about the whole ordeal and we just ask you be praying for her as she goes through all these adjustments!

Habiba had a good weekend. She's started off this week with a trip to the x-ray in order to make sure everything is still where it needs to be. Her leg looked good and the doctors say she can be discharged! Since she lives pretty far away from the hospital, she'll be staying at our guest house for the time being.

We got to spend some time with Habiba this morning. She's feeling pretty rough as we all would after such a major surgery, but, ultimately, she is doing well. She'll need to stay in the ward for a few more days to make sure there are no complications, but she is on her way to healing! Please be praying for strength and determination for this little lady!

Habiba's surgery was long, but straight forward. The doctors took out a wedge of bone which allowed them to essentially break her leg straight before putting in some hardware and casting the whole new leg up! Surgery is never fun, but she should be able to heal up from this one pretty fast!

Habiba has been admitted to the ward. She's a little hesitant with her new surroundings, but she's ready to get started! The doctors have decided to tackle her right, knock-knee first and, once that's complete, we'll take a look at that left, bow-leg of hers!