Please Help – Missoula family seeks donations to help cover costs of 8-year-old’s leg surgery

Time is running out for 8-year-old Mikaslyn Larson http://www.facebook.com/MJFund , and her family needs to raise $35,000 by Friday if the young girl is to get the critical leg surgery she needs.

Mikaslyn’s surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 16, and the Texas hospital that is willing to undertake the unusual procedure needs the money by Friday.

"Mikaslyn is the only one in the family with medical insurance and it will only cover 50 percent of the cost, which isn’t enough for the hospital," said Kristine Larson, Mikaslyn’s mother. "What that means is we have to raise the money."

Rick is a Web developer who works at home so he, too, can assist and help raise the couple’s 2-year-old son, Magregor.

Many ways to help ‘MJ’

There are several ways to financially help 8-year-old Mikaslyn Larson – also known as "MJ" – get her lifesaving surgery. Checks can be sent to the MJ Benefit Fund, P.O. Box 3285, Missoula, MT 59806. Cash donations are being collected at Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W., Missoula, MT 59801. Credit card payments are being received at http://www.thegrubclub.com/story-mjl.htm.

Meadowsweet Herbs is offering 10 percent of its sales on Wednesday and Taco Sano will be offering 10 percent of its sales on Friday to MJ’s cause.

For more information about MJ’s need and the community efforts to help her, log on to http://www.facebook.com/MJFund. Large donations are being accepted through Thursday; for more information, contact MJ’s father Rick at (406) 550-7240.

Betsy Cohen

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