This is Hannah’s Dad.

I wanted to tell you a little bit about my experience at the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC).

I heard about the RMHC many times before, online, at the restaurant, at the balloon festival in Topeka, but really didn’t know what it was all about.

The RMHC provides a place to stay while your child is in the hospital. It doesn’t really sound like much, but when you have a child in the hospital, it really makes you appreciate the ‘normalcy’ of coming to a clean, quiet place to sleep and try and take your mind off of your current situation.

I heard about the RMH from the “Welcome to Children’s Mercy Hospital” video we watched right after we got settled in Hannah’s hospital room.

I called them to see if by chance, they have a room available for me and Hannah’s sister to stay overnight. They did!

“R” and I checked into the house and found a full lasagna spread in the kitchen with people serving up plates upon plates of wonder food. After what we had gone through, we were very glad to have a home cooked meal.

The rooms weren’t anything special, but reminded me of my old college dorm room at KU. It was actually a little nostalgic.

I know this doesn’t really reflect my true feelings, but the people running the RMHC really have a soft spot for hurting families. Me and my family are very grateful.

Me and “R” stayed the night and woke up on Saturday morning and went back to the hospital.

I ended up staying 2 more nights and checked out when Hannah checked out of the hospital.