RMHC 2021 January Newsletter

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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


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