Untitled Journal entry by Lisa Rossignol — Mar 22, 2008 We are in Cleveland....never thought life would take us here. What a gift it has been, though. The Ronald McDonald's House is a large, beatiful building that has offered us a large, clean room for four for a measly $20/night. The other hotels near the hospital run $72-$225/night. Different community groups come in each night and cook all of the families dinner. It is usually pretty yummy but no green chili here. We have been here one week and it really doesn't feel that way. When we stepped off of the plane, we stepped into an alternate, fuzzy universe where nothing makes sense-nothing sticks. It is a nice sort of mental holiday. The first few days got to me because Lily was so unhappy having all the EEG leads glued to her head that she just cried and cried. Also, this is a hard culture. You know that everyone in this house has a really sick baby and during meals everyone makes ro...
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