Yeimi Alejandra is from Chimaltenango and is the youngest of three
daughters. Her mother is raising her
children by herself and they all live with her parents. Her parents support her somewhat financially,
so she doesn’t work. Yeimi was brought
to the National Hospital in Antigua for an infection that had spread throughout
her entire body. She was very unhealthy
since her mother couldn’t breast feed her.
She was admitted into the Casa Jackson on December 30, 2009 with severe malnutrion,
weighing 9 lb (4 kg).
