Mary's Recovery Fund

Hello!! I wanted to let everybody know that the overflowing of love and support is much needed, and we hope you never stop. Those who have donated their money...we have used every penny of it. What a generous donation in these hard times. Those who have donated their time and attention, she is flourishing on her relationships..thank you. Those that just plain love her and allow me to have a bad day, your grace is sufficient.

For those who want to know how to help, other than contributing money...here are some ideas for you.

1. Rachel's Custom Sewing--if you have some sewing projects that need to get done anyways, consider paying me to do those...all funds go to her account and you get custom made projects for you.

2. Babysitting--either so Jared and I can get out (investing in our sanity), babysitting James or Leah so that I can take Mary to doctor appointments, horseback riding, school events or just plain Mary time.

3. Time alone with Mary--offer to come with me out to social events. I always need help with the children. Take Mary up and down the escalator at the mall, buy here favorite ice cream, play games with her...invest in personal alone time with her...this is priceless.

4. I am sure you all have your own ideas of how you want to help!!

If you want to send money donations, instead of using paypal, you can send them to: Rachel Halgren, 12901 NE 50th Street, Vancouver, WA 98682. We always let you know exactly what the money paid for!

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

SHE LOVES BEING A COWGIRL ON HER HORSIE...

ON THE OREGON COAST...NO MATTER HOW COLD SHE IS, SHE LOVES THE BEACH!

Mary has been through a lot in her short 5 years of life....even though every day is a battle of the body and mind, she has come a long ways!! She is in her second year of school at Evergreen Early Childhood Center with a fabulous teacher and is just lovin it! Her social demeanor are leaps of where she was 2 years ago and she actually loves the camera now and the concept of playing with friends....something that at age 3 was impossible.

Here is where we think we are headed with this unique girl. She has been on TD_DMPS cream for about 3 months now. It is vital that she take her minerals every other day during chelation so they don't get stripped from her body...but since she is having a hard time taking those consistently, we might have to delay chelation. Her wonderful doctor, Dr. Leigh Ann Chapman DAN! ND, (www.chapmannd.com) just returned from a conference and after hearing some promising and insightful testing -would like to test Mary for viruses...which can cause interruption in her system and not allow her body to function correctly. So that is the next step to get yet more blood work done and test for viruses.

Months back we had taken Mary to see an Cranial-Sacral therapist, kinda like a chiropractor for the skull and head. Needless to say, her 2-3 appointments were for naught cause Mary was horrified of the doctor touching her...so that promising treatment had to cease. But today, we are taking her to see our Chiropractor who is giving her a free X-Ray and adjustment, to see if her spine is out of alignment and for him to evaluate her need for chiropractic work--which Jared and I both believe in strongly can heal the body is many ways. We are anxious to see what results her XRAY may show.

Mary is continuing to blossom. Everyday holds a new adventure, whether it be positive or negative. We still have hopes that she can recover from the damage her PDD has caused, even when we feel like giving up. Pray for us please, she needs your prayers and your love...she is very unique and special and I can't wait til the day that I can tell her that and she will understand...(okay, wow, I am crying now...)

Two books Rachel recommends that give insight into the kind of things we go through and what are on our hearts:

Louder Than Words, Mother Warriors -- Author-Jenny McCarthy!!!