Your stories
Everyone has a story. And this holds especially true for all of you connected to RMHC. You have high points and low times. You have setbacks and rallying spirits. You have tales of inspiration and stories of encouragement.
Share your story with others so they can inspire, encourage, and comfort families across the RMHC community.
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On Nov. 15, 2010
My son Nicholas was in a bad atv accident,He was air lifted to shreveport la with several fractures in his face that left him in a coma, BUt Nicholas is a figter and survied ,about a month and one week passed and his was transferred to Dallas, where he went extensive therapy. Only one person could stay with Nicholas and the holidays where getting closer ,Nicholas has two other siblings , and we couldnt afford the hotels, My family where able to stay for holidays . Thank you Ronald Mcdonald House .Every time i see a sign or something on tv about yall. It brings tears and joy to our family . we where blessed to have yall.. I hope one day to help out at any rmh...:)
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I had never been in a situation where i needed help during a time i needed it the most i lived in woodward oklahoma and was on my six month of pregnancy i got preclampsia and was sent to mercy hospital they delivered my son the next morning on september 28th 2006 he had to stay in the nicu very premature lungs were not developed and when i was released from the hospital i didnt want to be 2 and a half hours away and didnt have the money for a hotel someone had told me about the ronald mcdonald house we went and i was so happy to be close to my son we were treated so well and it was such a nice place well my son passed away 16 days after he was born and i thank the ronald mcdonald house because i was so close to the hospital i got to spend my last moments with him so thanks to all at the ronald mcdonald house at 1301 n.e. 14th street allison kieffer
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This is a book about a Girl, but not just any girl. This girl has so much courage, strength and bravery. She was a loner and a loser in Elementary School, but she turned her life around in the right direction. She was cool, popular and a lot of guys wanted her. While she was still in High School, she applied for ten Universities and nine of the ten Universities accepted her, so she picked Wilfred Laurie. She finished High School and was planning her future at University, but everything fell apart just before she left…! Why, you ask; she never knew her life was already hanging downside up; then, she fell, hard…! And, everything she ever wanted died with herself… This is about Summer DeFreitas. She had it all, but she never knew her life was hanging on for dear LIFE... Why her.
A Beautiful Tragedy
At that very moment, everything stopped and everybody stopped for that matter. They shed a tear for Summer and went on, forward. They prayed for her and thought about her, but soon after they had to let her go. August 1st, 2004 was the worst day ever; she collapsed, went unconscious, slipped into a coma and actually, died. She had a blood-clot in her brain; a Massive Mycotic Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm; caused by Strep Throat and then a stroke. Her brain ruptured and swelled and was in a coma for 5 weeks at Trillium Hospital. Then Neuro step down for 3 weeks.
Everybody came together, again to say one last fare well to Summer. A lot of people came to see her; hoping that she would somehow woke up, but still no response! But, one by one, they walked out of her life, because they could not bear the pain. Yes, she did actually died, but when everybody thought she would never come back from the dead, she actually did; 5 - 8 weeks later, surprisingly. Yes, the old person I used to be will never ever come back; not now, not ever but the new, scared, frighten person I am today is still here.
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The McDonald House in Chatanooga Tennesse is not a good place to be. The people there are only nice in the begining. They take you around and show you how things are. With smiles on their faces. Then once you're there for a week things change. Well it started by my family taking left overs from the kitchen. The other people their went and told the director that we made full plates and walked away with it. The director didn't ask us if we did or not. She just accused us of the problem, and of course that was strike one. Then the lady would not hear us out when we tried to explain ourselves. Secondly we had friends here that we knew out side of the House before we came. They asked us nicely if we'd watch their kid just for a moment. The Director just happend to come in, and snapped about us watching the kid. After that a week or so later my mother was here by herself with my little sister. She was washing laundry and my sister just couldn't wait to go down to the game room. So finally my mother took her down there. She told her to stay their for a little while. So she could finish her clothes, and grab a snack. Well the director seen her on camra and of course snapped. At that time my wife and myself came back from visiting our 1lb 6.5oz beautiful daughter. Just as we had stepped in the room and were about to relax. She started tapping on the door. When we came to answer the door. She got real smart with us and was telling us about my little sister being in the game room alone. Even though there were people there with her. After coming to us. She asked were she could find my mother. After the fact of finding out she took off storming to find her. We followed to see what was going on. When we got their she was getting in my mother and sister's face. My sister was trying to be nice and tell her that she wouldn't do it again. At that moment the Director Stuck her finger's in my sister's face. Just an inch away from her lip's. As she did so she proceded to tell my sister to hush. Then she rolled her eye's and started to talk to my mother. My sister started crying. They do not know how to treat people at all. Exspecially the people that already have enough stress on them. Not long after that my mother had to check in to the ER. When she was in there they told my mother that she'd had a light stroke from so much stress around her. There was another family there that was kin to us. We found out that they were kin when we started hanging with them at the House. The family had trouble with someone taking their drinks' and [Read More]
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once i was looking for some people to help me sale some stuff and i found some volunteers.
