Ronald McDonald House Charities

I was pregnant and due on January 30th. Six weeks early, on December 18th, my water broke, and I went into labor. My son, David Edward Borders, was born and spent 17 days in the High Risk Nursery at Columbus Regional in Columbus Georgia. The day I was discharged from the hospital and went home (45 min away from where my son was staying) was the hardest day of my life. Leaving him behind everyday after spending the day at the nicu was horrible. Finally, one of the wonderful nurses called the Ronald McDonald House around the corner, and got my husband and I a room. It was so nice every night being just around the corner from my son rather than 50 miles away. Also, their were meals there every night and food in the kitchen so that we did not have to go out to eat every night and eat fast food. We could not have afforded to stay in a hotel near by and had been killing ourselves driving back and forth every day. Being able to stay around the corner meant we had somewhere to take a nap, relax, and eat without having to drive or be a long way from David. The people there were wonderful, and we couldn't have made it through this experience in one piece. David did come home, and is doing wonderfully now and we are amazed at his progress.