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THUNDER BAY — A Thunder Bay family says being featured as the face of the Ronald McDonald House’s holiday fundraising campaign is a chance to give back to an organization that offered crucial support during the hardest time in their lives.
Finn was born weighing 1 pound, 14 ounces, and was intubated on life support for months until his lungs grew.The family was quickly accepted into RMH’s 34-bedroom home in London, a short walk from the London Health Sciences Centre. The family stayed for 213 days during that first visit, as the hospital worked to transfer Finn off intubation. He received six blood transfusions in those early months, and went into cardiac arrest on three separate occasions. Eventually, he needed a tracheotomy.While Finn’s now living at home, the family still spends weeks a year in London at RMH for routine appointments and emergencies.
“For us especially, I don’t know how we would have done the last few years, because we’re so far [away]. We would have ended up having to get a hotel or sleep in our car.”
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