Ronald McDonald House Charities

Grace was born day after Christmas at only 24 weeks to the very day she weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. she was only 10 1/4 centimeters long.Grace spent 6 months in the hospital in Seattle I brought her home fourth of july weekend it was a day I dreamed about for months! amazing Grace is what all her doctors and nurses called her cause she fought hard to live and beat many medical odds... I have had Grace home now for about 6 months and we went to visit my mother in Kelso,Wa. Grace was teething she ended up with a fever 103.9 I called the pediatric doctor on call said to go to emergancy room after being admitted she got a virus and got very sick ended up on life support my whole body went limp seeing her back to PICU I have been here for 15 days and thankfully I was given a room at ronald mcdonld house it was the worst time to be so far from home but staying here was the best support of home i could have, being able to relax read a book cook meals and have the support of other Mom's and Dad's that had sick children and wer going through tough times I am so grateful for all the love and kindess everyone has given me her at the ronald mcdonald house to keep me strong and to get through this low time in my life and be healthy and well rested so I can take care of my baby thank you so much I will never forget my experiance here and hope to advocate in seattle for more places like this for family's dealing with longterm care or critical care fortheir children. It was a blessing Thank you from my the bottom of my heart...