 In 2009, International Kids Fund welcomed back a young Haitian teenager, Marlie Casseus, who needed follow-up surgery after doctors removed a 16-pound growth from her face.Marlie suffered from polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a genetic condition in which the bone structure is replaced by connective tissue.Marlie first became a patient of IKF in 2005 when her parents heard about a previous medical case in which IKF helped save a girl with a facial tumor.