Jake's Story
Sharon Fulwood and her
eight-year old son Jake have regularly made the trek from the Sunshine
Coast to stay at Ronald McDonald House at the Royal Brisbane and
Women's Hospital.
Jake was born with spina
bifida and has undergone numerous medical tests and procedures,
including eight operations on his spine, bowel and bladder at the
hospital.
Sharon and Jake have often
needed to stay in Brisbane for extended periods of time for ongoing
treatment. Without Ronald McDonald House, they would be forced
to pay for expensive hotel accommodation.
"In our first year
we stayed 96 days, the second year we stayed more than 130, and
after that we have been to the House so many times that I have just
stopped counting," Sharon said.
Sharon has often stayed
on her own, but sometimes is joined by her husband Bryan and their
two other children Ryan and Emma.
"The House is an
absolute godsend and I don't know how Jake and I would have coped
without it over the past five years," she said.
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