Jake Finkbonner — St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Five-year-old Jake cut his lip, contracted necrotizing fasciitis. The bacteria spread rapidly across his face, scalp, neck, and chest. Airlifted to Seattle Children's Hospital, he was given last rites. After Sr. Kateri brought a relic to his bedside, the infection stopped spreading. He underwent 29 surgeries to repair facial damage but survived—doctors had expected him to die.

Daily pediatric ICU charts, surgical records, and photographic evidence from Seattle Children's Hospital document the severity. Necrotizing fasciitis rarely halts spontaneously; mortality is high. Doctors had given Jake last rites. The infection stopped spreading after Sr. Kateri brought a relic to his bedside—the timing and documentation are verifiable.