OUR 3 DEGREES AND ANOTHER $100
AND OUR FRIENDS AT ALAN KELLY
HEATING AND AIR AND THE NEW
CHARITY IS THE TRIANGLE RATING
READING SERVICE AND YOU CAN
LEARN MORE ON THE WEBSITE.
WE WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THEM
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
LAST MONTH MOST OF US LEARNED
TO RONALD McDONALD WAS WHEN WE
WERE KIDS BUT FAMILIES DON'T
USUALLY LEARN ABOUT THE RONALD
McDONALD HOUSE UNTIL THE KIDS
GET SICK.
I GOT TO VISIT THE RONALD
McDONALD HOUSE IN DURHAM AND
MEET THE WILLIAMSON FAMILY.
MEGAN REMEC WILLIAMSON
DIDN'T WANT HER DAUGHTER TO BE
BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE
SHE LIVES IN VIRGINIA WITH HER
HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER BUT WAS IN
DURHAM TO BRING HER GRANDMOTHER
TO DUKE HOSPITAL.
A VISIT THAT DIDN'T GO AS
PLANNED FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
I HAD TO CALL MY MOTHER AND
LET HER KNOW HER MOM WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER
AND IT WAS HARD TO DO.
WHILE I WAS THERE MY WATER
BROKE AND I WENT DOWN AND WAS
IN DENIAL SAYING I AM FINE AND
EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
THEY SAID NO, IT'S NOT.
SHE GIVES ME THE CALL AND SHE
SAID I THINK MY WATER JUST
BROKE.
Reporter: HER HUSBAND
CHARLES WAS AT HOME WORKING IN
VIRGINIA AND MEGAN WAS HAVING
THE BABY PREMATURELY.
I'M FREAKING OUT A LITTLE
BIT.
IT WAS A WHIRLWIND COUPLE OF
DAYS SO WE WENT BACK TO THE
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE THAT
NIGHT AND PARKER IS AMAZING.
Reporter: PARKER WAS 16 WEEKS
EARLY AND ONLY MADE A POUND AND
A HALF SO THE WILLIAMSON FAMILY
WASN'T LEAVING A WHILE.
THAT COME TO THIS AREA AND A
LOT OF FOLKS FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME AND DON'T KNOW ANYONE.
Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE DURHAM RONALD
McDONALD HOUSE KNOWS HER STORY
TOO WELL.
WE TAKE AWAY OTHER THINGS
THEY NORMALLY HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT.
WHERE THEY WILL SLEEP, WHERE
THEY BLEED.
Reporter: IT'S BEEN FOUR
MONTHS OF MEGAN LIVING AT THE
RONALD McDONALD HOSPITAL
WAITING FOR PARKER TO GET
BIGGER AND STRONGER AND SHE IS
ONE THINGS LIKE DINNER IS
SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THIS 55
ROOM, 40,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
DINNER IS EVERY NIGHT AT
6:00 SO YOU WALK IN THE KITCHEN
AND SEE EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY
HAD A HARD DAY AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE FAMILIES CAN LIVE WITH
THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
WHO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY
ARE GOING THROUGH.
SHE IS TWO MINUTES DOWN THE
ROAD AND ABLE TO SEE PARKER
EVERY DAY.
SHE NEEDS THAT TO GROW.
SHE NEEDS A MOTHER'S TOUCH TO
GROW.
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS,
PARKER WAS ABLE TO GO HOME TO
VIRGINIA WITH MOM AND DAD AND
HER BIG SISTER.
A GREAT STORY AND PARKER IS
HEALTHY NOW.
APPARENTLY MOM AND DAD DON'T
PUT HER DOWN BECAUSE SHE IS AT
HOME FINALLY AND A GREAT
FEELING. I LOVE WHAT HE SAID
AT THE END THAT THE BABY NEEDS
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