Hi, this is Maria's sister, Michelle. As many of you know, Maria suffered a brain aneurysm on July 21st and spent four weeks in the Neuro Critical Care Unit at Swedish where she also suffered three mini strokes.

We are very thankful that she is still with us and thrilled when she was able to come home after five weeks in the hospital on August 16th.

She has been receiving in-home speech, occupational and physical therapy. She is making great progress but is still not able to return to her massage career.

Any funds raised will go to paying regular bills, like insurance, phone service and car payment, and will allow Maria to continue to focus on healing and not worry about money.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. We all love Maria, and just want her to get better.