JANUARY 2020 2021 NOVEMBER
Family Story
The Hulen Family “Family.” It’s the first word that comes to mind when Megan and Josh Hulen are asked how Ronald McDonald House Charities makes them feel.
like so many plans in 2020, Covid-19
Megan and Josh had a rush of
away from home, and how would they
news that Megan was pregnant with
home?
emotions when they received the
quintuplets, a one in 43 million chance.
turned that upside down. Their
hospital’s remodel was not going to
be complete in time. Doctors advised they travel to Fargo, 278 miles away,
to continue the rest of the pregnancy near a hospital with specialized care. Questions of how they would make it work rushed through their heads.
Where would they stay, being so far
continue to care for their two boys at
Once Megan and Josh heard there
“I was super scared when I found out I
was a Ronald McDonald House in
“I could hardly believe it; it took a long
Hulen family was no stranger to
about to have so many.”
Their RMHC journey first started with
Their original birth plan was to deliver
they learned their son Matthew was
was having quintuplets,” Megan said.
Fargo, they felt an instant relief. The
time to adjust to the fact that we were
Ronald McDonald House Charities.
close to their home in Surrey, ND, but
Ronald McDonald House Denver when diagnosed with Nager Syndrome, a
very rare mutation in a protein gene that prevents bones from forming correctly, as well as Heterotaxy Syndrome, a
misalignment of organs. His diagnosis
was rare so they needed to deliver him Continued on pg. 2