thank you everyone...
before leaving work today, her sister let us know that she was out of surgery. she was in a good bit of pain, grumbling about being stuck on her tummy and the loss of her long hair. she is a trooper to say the least ~laughs~ though when i posted before, we had only just heard about her. it turns out she was not the only one hurt due to this genius act...as a matter of fact, she was the one that got off easy. another girl who was unfortunate enough to be facing the fire at the time...her shirt literally melted to her skin...
the police are investigating and one thing is for certain, whoever did this better hope to God that the police catch them first. there are an awful lot of folks that hold this little girl near and dear to them and none of them are too happy at the moment.