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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:36:45 -0600

Mm

ex employee of McDonalds Philippines

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:44:21 -0600

hello, my name is fay cunanan-tan from the philippines & i used to work for McDonalds here during my university days. i want to become volunteer for RMHC Philippines.thanks,fay

Dinner on us!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:36:04 -0600

My sorority sisiters and I had the chance to come and cater dinner for the families at the Lymon House. it was fantastic to be able to sit and fellowship with everyone. The satff was warm and friendly. the families treated us as if we were family. It was great and we cant wait to do it again.

my son chrisopher lee

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:28:45 -0600

I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD SON AND HIS NAME IS CHRISTOPHER. I HAVE BEEN DOING ALL KINDS OF TESTING ON HIM FOR SEIZURES. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSY, GRANDMAL SEIZURES, DROP SEIZURES. I DONT KNOW WHO TO TALK TO BUT I THINK HE HAS NARCOLEPSY. HE KEEPS HAVING ALL KINDS OF SEIZURES. HE GOES WEEKS WITHOUT THEM AND THEN HAS THEM. IM FLUSTERED AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO HE HAS MEDICINE AND THEY ARE CAUSEING HIM TO HAVE CAVITIES BUT IM COMFUSED PLEASE HELP THANKS A VERY WORRIED MOTHER FOR THE HEALTH OF HER SON CHRIS

So glad Ronald McDonald House is here...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:53:22 -0600

My son was hospitalized repeatedly at the end of 2009, before ultimately being admitted just prior to Thanksgiving. I spent a week sleeping on the couch in his room before getting a room at the Akron Ronald McDonald House. The month I spent there made the hospital stay a little more bearable. We made it 7 weeks out of the hospital, and just got readmitted. I'm back at Ronald McDonald House again and I'm so grateful they are there. We live 45 minutes from the hospital and it makes it so much easier to be back in my son's room before his doctors show up staying at Ronald McDonald House. Its just one little thing that takes some of the stress off.

My Firstborn Son

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:08:55 -0600

My son Austin is 8 yrs old now. But when he was young he didnt say his first word until he was almost 1 he didn't crawl until he was 1 1/2, he didnt walk until he was 2 1/2. He was very slow at everything and he still is now. He has been diagnosed with ADHD, SEIZURES, and now DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. He is on six different medicines for his md. The doctors said that he should have been in a wheel chair at a very young age but they are shocked that we've already have nothing but a miracle because he is still on his feet and very active. Me and my family need help to cope with this because it is very hard on all of us. please help us, we need it, and we need some advice on what to do and how to show him the best time of his life while he is still able. Thank You.

my baby girl

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:22:23 -0600

my daughter was 2 months old when we found out that she had a alergic reaction to medication that the hospital gave her and it streched and riped her heart and it got so bad that she had to under go open heart surgery when she was 7 months old and wail she was at riley hospital they provided us with a room in the hospital at the ronald mcdonald house and it was nice cuz we didnt have the money for a hotel and i didnt want to leave the hospital at all so they gave us a room and we were able to take showers and do our laundry and they even provided meals and other food so now when ever i am able or see a donation box for any ronald mcdonald i always try to put something in it even though it may not be a lot i still try because they helped my family when we needed them and I am greatfull for everything that they do for other familys who are haveing a rough time with loved ones. GOD BLESS and the best of wishes and hope to them!!!!!

You Are Never Too Old

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:15:46 -0600

I thought I had a plan. I had single parented my three girls, went back to school later in life, earned the degrees and we were on our way out of poverty. I dropped my youngest daughter off at schoolin Dec 2006 and the next thing I knew was I was in a hospital. They said I was okay, but 2 mos later I was back and 3.5 yrs later I am still recovering. BUT, my mind works and I have enrolled in school, again. There is barely anything left after the rent is paid. Every day is a painful awakening. I have 7 doctors and a computer. I am 50+ years of age and Iknow I have a purpose. If you agree and would like to assist in any way...THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENROSITY.

RMHC Experience

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:46:09 -0600

Our story began on December 29,2008 when our son was born 13 weeks premature. Living over an hour away from the hospital where he would have to stay at least 3 months, we were devasted to be so far away from him. We were so blessed that one of our NICU nurses mentioned staying at the Ronald McDonald house. We moved in the very next day and stayed there 77 days. We were so thankful to be able to be so close to our son during this very hard time. I was able to be there and be involved in his everyday care. We also met other families who were going through the same experiences and it was nice to be able to confide in someone who was going through the same things as we were. We will forever be grateful for the Ronald McDonald House.

Sweet Zelda

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:40:43 -0600

My neice zelda was born on January 13,2009. We thought everything was fine that she was a happy normal infant. The doctor requested a ekg on her the day before she was to leave the hospital in Grove Oklahoma. The nurses then told my sister that the doctor didnt know what he was talking about. Later that day she was life flighted to the childrens hospital in Tulsa Oklahoma. My sister has 2 other children at home, and was financially strapped for money, the Ronald McDonald house graciously allowed her to stay with them, while we prepared for the worst. she had a open heart surgery at 2 months and has many more to come. We are eternally grateful for the Ronald McDonald houses all over the world. Thank you for being there for our families when we need you.

Overwhelmed with Graditude

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:07:10 -0600

Our story started in September of 2008 when God moved our Family from Orange County to Menifee, about 11 miles north of Temecula. Our son was born on 12/16/2003. I knew it was known about because when I was a teenager I took care of a little boy at 2 months who also had this same disease. Our son was Born with Hirshsprungs Disease. A disease of the Colon. We knew shortly after coming home with Caiden that something was not right with him. He was very small and would not take his bottle, he was constipated all the time and he would lose weight instead of gaining weight, i know most babies lose weight after they are born, but we knew something was just not right. We said ok we are over reacting. 2 month check up the doctor asked how things were going and we said not well. He is very constipated and has a very hard time pooping, he said this is normal, some babies have a harder time then others, I said he tends to spit up a lot after we feed him, but he spits up a lot. They told us to change formula and start adding rice cereal to his bottles, but you need to go buy the Dr. Browns. So we tried that and he still fused over those, He just had a really hard problem gaining weight, We tried 3 different doctors and they all said the same thing. They told us to go out and buy baby drop Laxatives and that should relieve his constipation, which it did but we still knew something was not right.. So at 4 months we started him on Oatmeal. He loved it. We still gave him 4 bottles a day and he would never drank more then 4 6 ounces - onces he was abe to start eating people food he had this instant gag reflux - he would gag on anything - we were always prepared, so what would ever go in, instantly came out. So there again he could not gain weight. Still his doctors were like oh he seems fine. At 8 months we moved and we had a new Doctor, Thank Goodness. She was very concerned at 1st, and then we found out he had Asthma - great something else for him to have and he has it horrible bad. It would be that if he coughed he would throw up. She said he could not even make it on the weight chart but on the height chart he did. He still @ 2 years had asthma so bad that she referred us to go see a allergist to have testing done. He was allergic to everything, even air. He would walk outside and come back in and be one huge hive! We lived at the Allergist for the next 2 1/2 years, the kept him out of the ER most of the time - His eating never did get better and his pooping just conitnue to get worse. I potty trained him ( Pee) at 3 1/2 and tried to poop train him@ 4 and he told me mom I cannot feel it when it comes out. Right away I knew something was seriously wrong. I asked his doctor to do a poop test, she said there is nothing wrong, he is trying to control you with his poop issue, I see this all the time ( make it my problem) He was in a pre-school program and they told me that a lot of kids take longer too poop train then other and don't worry about it. It will still in the back of my head. We started praying about moving- If we stayed in Orange county - Where would Caiden go go school, We needed to find a Better doctor because everyone thought we were over reacting to his issue and we clearly knew something was wrong with him, I was not feeling well either for close to 4 years and everyone kept telling me that I was fine and go out and excerise. We needed a new group of doctors to complete review his history and we wanted to buy a home, we just did not know where. Within 10 months, God opened a door for us here in Menifee- Home prices were unbelieve and so afforabe for us. We rented out our Townhouse for the time being and our house was built. After we moved, I meet with a doctor here in Menifee and she told me to put Caiden on 5 different Laxatives and come back in a month, I said are kidding, he will be dead. We finally found Colette Grant in Murrietta and she took one look at him and I explained all of his symtoms and she said it sounds like he has Hirshsprungs Disease. I stood there with my mouth open and said there is a name for this? She was amazing! I said I knew there was something wrong with him - not to label our child but I knew once we brought him home from the hospital on the 19th of December, 2003 something was not right. Nobody believed us until we came here today. NOBODY! We have waited 4 1/2 years for someone to say there is something wrong with him.She sent us off to have an ultra sound done that afternoon so we went and had that done, she said I will call you within the next couple of days to let you know so we went and had dinner and she called with 2 hours and said you need to head to Children's Hospital in San Diego, because he has this massive Tumor in his stomach the size of a Cantalope and they will be expecting you. We did not know what to expect. It turned out to be this HUGE mass of poop sitting in his stomach. It took them 1 week to dissolve this mass- They had to do 6 other rest within the next 3 months to determine if he did in fact have Hirshsprungs Disease. We were in the hospital 4 more times during that period because that mass kept returning. In December of 08 he had a Biopsy to see if he had Hirshsprungs and the Surgeon kept telling me he does not have it, he does not have any of the signs of it, I looked at him and I said he has every single sign of it. Within 5 days, DR. Grant called me at 6:30 am and said He has it. This was one time in our lives we wanted him to have something so they could fix the problem. We knew all those years there was something seriously wrong with him. He had 2 Surgeries on the in Janurary 09 - They took 6 inches of his diseased colon and they also put in a colostmy bag - to let the inside of his colon heal, since it was so distended for so long. In May of 09 the did the take down of the Colostomy and put everything back in it's place. He had back to back infections for the last 9 months, but this last time we were in Hospital - Ronald Mcdonald house called us and said we have a place for you to stay. We have been at the hospital 11 different times, sometimes for a week sometimes for a month. January of 09 - I went to the Ronald mdDonald house to go have a shower and the house was so small it was a 2 hour wait. So recieving this call this time, was huge for us. My husband and I felt so honored to stay there, a place of peace, quite time, a place to take a hot shower, to get out of the hospital for awhile. We have spent so much time there. We know all the nurses and there response is you're back again.It was truly a gift to stay at the Ronald M house. I was so overwhelmed with emitons to stay there. To have our own room. We were not in a finacial place this time to go get a hotel room and driving to and from our home back and forth each day was so much wear and tear on both of us emotionally, when your child is so sick. It was so wonderful to just walk across the street. To have this room all to yourself so you can go in an renew yourself for the next day is huge! We only have Caiden, But I know so many families there have kids. They have a wing just for families and a wing for families with kids. It is aBEAUTIFUL HOUSE, we both felt so honored to stay there, Thank you for taking us in and giving us a place to stay during that week. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I am glad to report that this time around in the hospital, we had a great team of doctors who worked day and night to find out what was causing all these infections, he had another biopsy on the 29th of January and they wanted to see if there was anymore diseased colon - it came back negative. He has been on a probiotic now since the 20th of January and is doing wonderful on it. No signs of infections, is eating so well, he has never had a chance to eat this much food in his entire life!I also want to Thank the women who called me on that Sunday - I cannot remember her name, but you were amazing! You told me we could stay there for as long as we needed too. It was huge for my husband and I. They released us early, which freaked me out, but they knew what they were doing, and he is doing wonderful. Prayer is so powerful. We had people all of the country praying for our son Caiden. for the last year and half... It has been amazing!Thank you for your love, support and understanding in what parents go through. It is life changing and having you by our sides, giving people hope and a place to stay is the unthinkable and it changes people lives. Giving us a place to stay, to unwind, a different place to go and a place to sleep -Thank you again! with Gratitude!BlessingsKaren & Peter Geisterfer

I would like to qualify for a scholarship .

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:04:41 -0600

Hello my name is Stefany L., I come from Ecuador. My age is 18 years old, am a single mother, living with my mother and my daughter. I come from a very humble and nice, I have two sisters and one brother are in total 4. After 10 years I came to the United States, my mom brought us in view that my father died. It was very painful loss of our father but thank God we have overcome and have gone ahead thanks to my mother. My mom is everything to me, I love my mother because she always been there through thick and thin even though she was once estranged but I understand it was to give us a better future, now that I'ma mother I understand everything and thank my mother for being there with me always, advise and support. I finish my English classes, classes right now I'm studying to get my High School Diploma and after getting my High School Diploma I would like to study a university degree but for economic reasons, I have no money to pay my studies and especially can not work on my immigration status. I would like Ronald McDonald as help me with a scholarship so I can study, then give a better future for my daughter who is three years old. Well my question is if I can qualify for a scholarship but the problem is that no classes and finished my High School Diploma and even I do not have a percentage?

Division Fest 2009

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:02:18 -0600

Every year there is a fest on the street in front of one of our auto repair shop (Gateway Auto) in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. This year we wanted to do something positive with this time. We contacted Ronald McDonald House Charities and asked how we could help. They had representatives help us to set it up and even came out to share some time there with us. We were giving away a free oil change for anyone who donated $25 or more. It was a good response but we were amazed how many people donated smaller amount just for the cause. In all we raised $1100 that day. Every single employee of ours donated their time; some were there for over 12 hours. It was a very satisfying day and next year will be even bigger and will raise even more money! We cannot wait! As the coordinator of this event for Gateway Auto, I have to say I was very proud of the time and effort of our employees and volunteers, but more so of the people who donated.

MY SON DAMEON JULIAN MORALES

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:47 -0600

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.

Amazing Grace

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:36:33 -0600

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...

life.

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:36:07 -0600

Well as a 14, now 15 year old girl I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. They found a large nodule in my neck about an 2 inches by a centimeter big, there was only a 5-10% chance it was cancer so I thought well what my odds I should be fine. But man was a scared you have so many things running through your mind. Well the doctors arranged for me to go get some tests done and go see a specialist so he could tell me what this nodule had meant. As we arrived to the doctors me nervous as ever was told that there was a high chance it was cancer. But I was ordered to go get a biopsy so he could be sure. One morning me and my mom were on our way to get my best friend, (who was the one who helped me get threw my worst time of my life) and go to the doctors. As we were leaving they said results will be in, in about five business days... Two days later we get a phone call to come to the specialist’s, as we walked in he was very blunt and right to the point. He says "Well, I have good news and bad news, which do you want first?" I had thee worst feeling in the pit of my stomach and I knew it wasn't something I wanted to hear, but as I should, I say... "Bad." -Doctor says: You have Thyroid Cancer, but it is 99% curable we will set you up to see a surgeon..." and that was all I heard, my eyes began to water my thoughts turned into words, and my action was to get up and run. I opened the door and began to run down the hallway, I seen my dad and he said "what’s wrong now" I yell "I HAVE CANCER" (nothing a parent wants to EVER hear and I new it was hard for my mom to watch my walk out that door) I began to run out again, looking like a fool but no one knew the pain I felt, I didn’t even know what I felt. I ran outside got into the car and cried yelling obscenities to the world but no one could hear me. That week I went to the surgeons where one week from that Friday I was to get my surgery and I wasn’t ready. I went through the surgery and came out fine. 1 week later more doctors appointments... I had been told for this cancer to be gone I needed a treatment; this was so much to go through. (Doctors, needles, surgery, and now radiation) The Ronald McDonald house was something that being a kid, I was glad they made, I felt at home(: I was able to read and relax and make food when I wanted. But I was on a low sodium diet so I was limited. I also got everything that had happened off my mind. I got my radiation the next day and came back to the Ronald house where I had to stay because it was close to the hospital. I’m grateful for everyone there and every little thing they do. Now 6 months later cancer free, I still feel like a part of the Ronald house family. And I know what cancer is like and I want to be a part of these kids life and let them know there okay. Without the help of people and The Ronald McDonald house I don’t know what us kids would do. THANKS SO MUCH.

Nothing but the love of the Lord

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:01:53 -0600

I am a 31 year old female living in a world full of terror. About two years ago my sister passed away and her 17 year old daughter came to live with me. By me being the youngest with no kids, I really had no clue. After several months my niece started complaining about stomach pains. The first thought I had was oh my God she is pregnant. I wish now that was the case. I took her to the hospital and found out she had Auto Immune Hepititas.We live in Shellman, Georgia which is 114 miles away from Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta hospital at Egalston. I thought to myself Lord I can't leave her hear alone, she is just a child that has been sentenced this awful life long sickness. I did not have much money and could not afford to pay for a hotel. While talking with some of the hospital staff at Egalston they told me about The Rondal McDonald House on Gatewood Drive. The hospital got me set up to stay and I was so grateful. The volunteers at the house are so caring and loving. They make you feel right at home. I am grateful and thankful to the lord and the people that make it possible for the Ronald McDonald House to stay open for people like me and others who can't afford to stay anywhere else. I would like to that the staff of volunteers and everyone else for my niece.

Dinner For The Families

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:16:44 -0600

I am a manager at a mcdonalds in Georgetown Kentucky, and I also helped out my training Manager at the time. When we got our crew trainers together and asked what they would like to do as a charitable event, they were all in agereement to cook and serve dinner for all the families in the Ronald McDonald House. So one day in August of 2008 our Management team and Crew trainers headed to the RMHC of the Bluegrass and cooked an enormous dinner for the families, it felt great for all of us to give back to the community and to help these families and organization that really needed us. We are currently planning to do the same thing in March of '10. Thanks for all you do RMHC!

About McDonald's

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:16:58 -0600

Dear The Ronald McDonald Charities,Your web site for McDonald's is fantastic. I try to come to its web site often. I also like your web site too. Hope you're doing well.

David Edward Borders

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:22:47 -0600

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.