My 3 pound reasons why Ronald McDonald House gets 10% of sales

Why is Ronald McDonald House So Important to Me?

It started at around 12:15 pm on October 8^th, 2000.  A warm weather October day, we were sitting around the kitchen having some lunch. My wife Kari was 31 weeks pregnant with twins tucked away safely inside her.

My life changed right then and there.

She went to the washroom and came out looking VERY pale.

I’ll never forget what came next – “I think my water just broke!”

I thought she was kidding – the babies weren’t due for another 2 MONTHS!

She wasn’t.

Off to the hospital we went. Unfortunately our regular doctor was on holidays (why is it they are always on holidays when you need them most?).  The doctor that saw Kari did his evaluation and went off for a few minutes.

When he came back, my life changed again!

“I’m afraid we have a problem” he said in a thick British accent.  “There are no incubators left in the entire province – we are going to have to send you to another province.”

A province of 3 million people and hundreds of incubators for premature babies – and they are ALL full.

Next thing we know, less than an hour and a half later we are on a Lear Jet with medical team at our side – on our way to Vancouver.

By this time we are scared to death on what is happening and what state the babies are in.

We get to the BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver to a very welcome reception and prepared medical team.  They do their thing and inform us on what is happening. Kari’s water had broken – 9 weeks early. They want the babies to stay inside as long as possible to help their lungs develop further.  So they give Kari some kind of steroid shot specifically designed to help premature babies lungs develop faster than usual.

The next 2 days were pure torture…. Not knowing what was happening… how the babies were… and what would ultimately happen.

On October 10^th, 2000 right around 1:17 pm Kari started having labor pains – this is it!

Emergency c-section is in store as both babies are laying in there breach.  At 3:03 Katrina was born and at 3:06 Hailey was born – they both came out screaming so we knew their lungs were fine (6 years later those lungs work just fine still – very healthy – and loud).

Katrina was just under 3 pounds – Hailey just over 3 pounds.  Tiny – but healthy.

From there, it was a whirlwind.  Every day we would go visit them in the nursery as often as we could – watching them – cuddling them (Kangaroo Cuddles they call it with premie babies - when the parents hold them tight against their bare chest and cuddle them for 30 minutes at a time. It gives the babies a chance to feel close and warm to the parents they are so used to being close to – especially mom. It helps them develop faster – and is medically proven for premies to help them grow in a world they were not supposed to be in yet – they were supposed to be doing this growing inside Kari for another 2 months)

A much younger me - doing the Kangroo Cuddle

Kari stayed in the hospital all this time – I wasn’t allowed.  I stayed at the Ronald McDonald House accommodation wing.  They treated me like gold – and gave me fast access to see both Kari and the girls.

As stressful as this time was for the both of us – I will always remember the Ronald McDonald house for the fantastic service they had.

Hailey and Katrina ended up staying in Vancouver for 3 weeks – then a Calgary hospital for 2 mores – to finally return home all healthy, happy, and a little bigger (just about a whopping 6 pounds when we took them home).

So THAT is why the Ronald McDonald house is my charity of choice. They gave me peace of mind in an incredibly difficult time.  They provided a home to the dad of my beautiful 2 girls… and they gave me a memory that will never fade.

Katrina & Hailey - Age 6!  Happy & Healthy!!

Thank you for all that you do!

This is a very personal reason for me to give a percentage of revenues to the Ronald MacDonald House.  I look forward to the day I can hand them a nice 5 figure amount to help with their cause. 

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