Baby Jack Made History while his family found a home-away-from-home at the Ronald McDonald House on West Pine Boulevard. Tiffany and Chuck Palmer learned heartbreaking news during a 20-week routine ultrasound. Their son Jack was diagnosed in-utero with a rare congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). The doctor explained that many babies …

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The Hodge Family What does the Ronald McDonald House mean to a family whose child is in the hospital? Everything. On December 6, 2018, Ryder Hodge was born three months early. Premature and weighing less than 3 pounds, he was transferred immediately to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Mercy Children’s Hospital. His parents, Sheena and Kurtis, were …

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The Worthen Family called RMHC St. Louis “home” while their son Jase spent the first year of his life in the hospital. On December 5, 2017, Jase Worthen was born nearly three months early. For the whole year that followed, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital was his home-away-from-home. All …

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The Linnell Family found comfort and care this summer in the West County House. Nine years ago, Megan and Tom Linnell welcomed twin children, Hailey and Brody, into the world. Soon after he was born, doctors discovered that Brody was born with a rare condition called Fibular Hemimelia (FH), causing his left leg to be …

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