Three weeks may not seem like a long time, but for Moises and Katerine Blanco-Valera and their daughters, Kariannys and Alice, it felt like a lifetime. Their world turned upside down in early January when nearly 3-year-old Alice began showing alarming symptoms: she wasn’t eating, and her ability to walk and speak suddenly declined. The…
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When Kathlyn “Kat” Simmons had her gallbladder removed at 30 weeks pregnant, she and her husband, Kyle, had no idea it would be the beginning of health complications that would lead to her giving birth to Leo at 32 weeks, multiple procedures, and a week in the ICU. Following the gallbladder surgery, Kat was diagnosed…
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A’kirah Sims was working at McDonald’s and living in Tampa, Florida, when she learned she was expecting a baby. After having complications from previous pregnancies, she knew she would have to take it easy. On a visit to her hometown of Biloxi to celebrate Christmas with family, she made the decision to move home due…
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Baby Hugo is constantly defeating the odds – odds that have been against him since the day he and his twin sister were born four months early in 2022. His medical journey and the complications that accompany it seem to change almost daily. Fortunately, however, they don’t keep him from smiling and interacting with his…
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Claud Patrick Nordan is a bundle of energy. The precious five-year-old is as comfortable playing and running the halls of RMHC Mobile as he would be in his own home. For almost two years, it was his home. His and his mother’s, Juanita Nordan. Initially, Juanita lived at RMHC Mobile for five weeks when Claud…
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RMHC Mobile is home for hundreds of families every year whose children are receiving life-saving medical care in an area hospital. Every now and then, there’s also an adoption in the works. When Brittney and Brad Voight of Baton Rouge, LA got a call at 6:57am on Memorial Day, the last thing they expected to…
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When Jay Paden rang the doorbell at Ronald McDonald House of Mobile late one night, he was bleary-eyed and exhausted, still in shock from all that happened that day. He had no idea what to expect when the door opened; only that they were expecting him. “I rang the doorbell, and all I remember is…
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Due to medical issues we were told that we would likely never be able to conceive a child. God clearly had different plans for our future. We had been married four years when we found out that we were pregnant. We were overwhelmed and grateful for the blessing we knew we had been given. Our…
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As a teenager, I had no idea that as I was volunteering with my church youth group at the Ronald McDonald House that my family and I would later be impacted so greatly by the House. Although, premature deliveries are common in my family, I never dreamed it would be a reality for me. In…
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One cold February night, my excitement about my approaching June due date took a sudden fearful turn when my water broke. At only 23 weeks gestation, you can imagine my horror; it was just way too early! My husband Joel, who was working in Montgomery at Maxwell AFB, was contacted and he immediately began the…
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