One of the hurdles that we have found after adopting, is that the costs continue beyond bringing your child home. Camila is ours, we love her but she requires an array of therapy to help with her trauma. Since Easter, she has had five hospital admissions, including a 3-month residential treatment facility. Currently, she is at Seamark Ranch, where she continues to get the help she needs, we need, as we continue to be a family and work towards reunification. Her diagnoses are complex and rare meaning that specialists are few and this journey is long. Her journey since being home has been hard for her and us, and more than we could have ever imagined. We desire to help, walk with her, and love her like she has never known. The financial burden has been more than we could have anticipated. The reality is that mental health and access to therapies are expensive. Short of winning the lottery, we know that we cannot do this journey without the help of our family, friends, grants, and whoever hears our story. We know it takes a village to raise a child and this is a great example of that. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support, love, and prayers. You mean the world to us and we are humbled by the layers of your generosity.
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