The Short Family
November 9, 2017
In 2015, my son, Clayton, was born a preemie in the Binghamton area, and then at three days old, he was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot, which is a rare...
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Lynnette Jones
September 7, 2017
At 11 years old, my daughter, Sarah, was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder. Because connective tissue holds nearly all the body’s cells, organs and tissue together,...
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Caitlyn McKechney
August 24, 2017
The Ronald McDonald House was our life saver. When my daughter Kennedy was eight months old, we ended up at Strong Memorial Hospital because she completely stopped eating. She lost...
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Virginia Rojas
July 20, 2017
In October, my daughter Natasha was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia. She was in Albany Med and they decided the best course of treatment for her was a bone marrow...
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VanHoute Family
July 20, 2017
In September 2010, close Ronald McDonald House friend Brooke delivered her baby boy six weeks early. While she and her family experienced long days and scary nights, they knew baby...
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Tracy Miller
July 20, 2017
I have twins, Charlie and Kadymarie. When I was 26 weeks, I went into labor. Charlie’s water broke, and I didn’t even realize it was happening. Being a first-time mom,...
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Tracey Purdy
July 20, 2017
At RMHC, our families mean everything to us. Tracey Purdy, a member of one of our past families, reached out to share her story. Read it below: “Blake was born...
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Terri Lee Cook-Hosler
July 20, 2017
“We started staying at the Ronald McDonald House in 2000 when my son Ian Scott Hosler went into Strong Memorial Hospital for a liver transplant. We had been traveling to...
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Susan Grobler
July 20, 2017
My daughter was born February 19, 2016, with opaque corneas. After receiving the devastating news at home in Africa that no operation would be able to give her sight, we...
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Sheri Santoff Virga
July 20, 2017
Our son, Jacob, was born in 2001 with a heart defect called hypoplastic left heart defect, meaning he was born without a left ventricle. When he was born at Mercy...
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