Ronald McDonald House Charities

IN MAY OF 2007 I WAS APPROXIMATLY 5 MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN MY SON DECIDED HE WANTED TO COME INTO THE WORLD AND MEET HIS MOMMY. AN EMERGENCY C SECTION WAS PREFORMED, HE WEIGHED ONLY ONE LITTLE POUND AND 12 OZ. I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER FROM DALLAS TX BUT WAS IN ALABAMA AT THE TIME OF MY SONS BIRTH, WITH MY SON BEING BORN TOO PREMATURE HE HAD TO STAY IN THE NICU, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STAY IN THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE SOON AFTER. EVERYDAY PASSED REAL SLOW FOR ME, ALL I WANTED WAS FOR MY LITTLE BOY TO FINNALY GET TO HIS 3 POUNDS, SO THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT AND WEAR SOME CLOTHES. AFTER BEING INCUBATED FOR 4 MONTHS I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE READY FOR RELEASE ANY DAY... BUT THEN MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SUBGLOTIC STENOSIS, IRRATATION AND SWELLING IN THE TRACHEA SO MY SON THEN HAD TO GO INTO HIS 3RD SURGERY GETTING A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE PUT IN. AFTER GETTING HIS TRACH PUT IN I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO CHANGE HIS TRACH, CLEAN IT, SUCTION HIM, TAKE HIM A BATH, WELL YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WAS TOUGH. IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH TO GET ALL THIS DONE. STAYING AT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WAS A TRUE BLESSING FOR ME. THE VOLUNTEERS WERE GREAT. I CANT THANK THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR ME AND WHAT THEY DO FOR OTHER PARENTS. THANK YOU.