MILFORD - The town is rallying around a little girl who was injured in a snowblower accident last month, and prayers and wishes for a speedy recovery are coming in from across the country through a blog established in her honor. During a snowstorm on Dec. 20, 8-year-old Jaiden Tlapa was playing on the porch of her family’s home when she slipped and fell in front of a snowblower and was pulled into the machine.

“She was without oxygen for an unknown period of time,” said Holleigh Tlapa, Jaiden’s mother, in an e-mail to The New Hampshire Union Leader.

While Jaiden’s older sister called 911, Holleigh Tlapa stayed with her child and prayed, she said.

“The snow made it difficult for paramedics to get there fast,” said Tlapa. “I believe Jaiden was clinically dead, but CPR revived her and they transported her to Milford Medical Center.”

For two hours, medical personnel used a hand respirator to breath for the little girl while they waited for a transport ambulance to take Jaiden to Children’s Hospital in Boston. She couldn’t be airlifted because of the weather conditions.

“The ER doctors never expected her to leave Milford,” Tlapa said.

En route to Boston, the medical team had to stop at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua to have tubes inserted into Jaiden’s chest, and again the prognosis was anything but positive. However, once at Children’s, Jaiden began the slow process of recovery.

“Jaiden has suffered a traumatic brain injury and we do not know what the future holds,” Tlapa said. “The miracle of Jaiden is the faith and hope that she restored in a family, a community, a town, a state, a nation, and even at this point the world.”

Locally, churches have held prayer vigils in honor of Jaiden and her family, and businesses like Elisha’s Restaurant and Hampshire Hills have used their signs to send out messages of hope to the family as well.

In order to provide the community with information about Jaiden’s condition and to give well-wishers a place to connect with the Tlapa family, Milford resident Jacqueline Nauyokas created a blog at www.jaident.blogspot.com.

“I wanted to keep one spot where everyone can go to leave their messages for Jaiden and her family,” said Nauyokas on the blog. The Web site has been inundated with traffic — more than 34,000 visits since it went up on Dec. 22.

“As we celebrate the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008, we are praying for a new beginning for you to return home soon, healthy and happy,” said an anonymous message posted on New Year’s Eve. “We hope you can open your eyes at midnight to see your new beginning and open your heart to all of the people who at that moment will be asking God to keep you safe. We’re pulling for you in Illinois!”

Closer to home, classmates and teammates, coaches, neighbors, strangers and even the chief of the Milford Fire Department have reached out to the Tlapa family through the blog.

“On behalf of the members of the Milford Fire Department, I would like you to know that Jaiden is in our thoughts and prayers,” wrote Fire Chief Frank Fraitzl. “Our best wishes for a full recovery.”

Holleigh Tlapa wrote on the blog that she has been reading the posts to her daughter, who is still unconscious and on life support. Tlapa has added some posts of her own to let people know how things are going.

“We must continue to be strong and have faith in our Jaiden. Your prayers and love are like our safety blanket,” she said.

A fund is being established to help the Tlapa family defray the cost of daily treks to Boston, what will likely be huge medical bills, and to cover incidental expenses as well. Information about the fund can be found on the blog.