By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ October, 2011

Florida resident Bridget Pier first visited Hawaii last year when she served as maid of honor for her mother Meighan’s Makapuu beach wedding to fiancé Steven Alexander [...]  More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ June, 2008

Jordan Toler is a young man just raring to move on with his life. The14-year-old Hilo ninth-grader dreams of someday becoming a mixed martial arts fighter, a motocross racer and an architect. For now though, he finds himself biding his time at the Ronald McDonald House as he undergoes continuing treatments for acutemyelogenous leukemia (AML) at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women& Children [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ November, 2006

As this special story for the Honolulu Advertiser went to press, Ruthie Mersburgh was celebrating her 5th birthday in an isolation room at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children (KMCWC) with mom Charlene and dad Dan by her side [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ November, 2006

The Ronald McDonald House isn’t all about statistics, although statistics relating to the number of families served, where they came from, patient’s age, etc., are kept and do give an important and interesting picture of what we do [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ November, 2005

Rose Ann and Roger Mamuad of Waianae visit the RMH Family Room every day. Their 21-month–old daughter Franchesca is somewhere in the middle of inpatient treatment that may last six months and they want to be with Franchesca, their only child, as much as they possibly can [...]   More

By James and Angelyn Cepeda and Family ~ June, 2005

Life is God’s greatest gift. So special that we must cherish every moment we have with those we truly love, for that moment can be gone. And when that final moment comes, we are left to hold on to the sweet and loving memories—and the bitter lesson of life’s fragility and the preciousness of our borrowed time [...]   More

By Valerie Melle, Kalaheo, Hawaii ~ November, 2004

My husband Gianfranco and I were so excited to find out we were to become parents again. We were finally on stable ground financially and our eldest son Simone was in preschool. I had gone back to work full-time and we were in the process of becoming first-time homeowners on Kauai. Life could not have been more perfect [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ August, 2004

A story about a mother and child from a small Saipan village, the long road they have traveled together, and the promise of a future filled with continuing happiness, love and mutual support

The day Erlynn Romolor gave birth to her daughter Amber some 14 years ago, doctors knew there were problems. Soon, Amber was diagnosed with a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, a complex congenital heart defect preventing enough oxygenfrom reaching her system [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ November, 2003

When the Aina family of Ewa Beach checked their son Nicholas into Kapiolani Hospital for his first round of chemotherapy, they didn’t know exactly what to expect. As all such families do, they slowly became aware of the routines of hospital life, what family strengthening and patient support tools were available, and how to access them. And it wasn’t long before a hospital staffer let them know about the RMH Family Room [...]   More

By Debbie Keiser, Kailua Kona ~ November, 2003

Heroes. To be honest, it’s a word I haven’t really thought about since I was small. Superman is what generally comes to mind. Somewhere, as I grew older, he faded into the background. I became wrapped up in the events of daily life, working, creating a home, raising my son, trying to be an example he could be proud of - not a hero - just a good mom [...]  More

By Cora Saligumba, Eleele, Kauai ~ November, 2003

“I can’t wait to explain to my son Kevin how so many people did so much to help him survive after he was born prematurely.”

On March 6, 2001, I went to my ultrascan appointment at Kauai’s Wilcox Hospital. The doctors examined me and didn’t have good news. My water bag had ruptured. My obstetrician explained to my husband, Frankie, and me that the chances of our baby surviving were slim if we decided to deliver then [...]    More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ February, 2003

In April 2002, 17-year-old Hilo High School student Melanie Carter wasn’t feeling well. She had been experiencing a pesky fever that would seem to go up and down and back up again, but wouldn’t go away. Thinking that it was just a cold, she continued to go to school until one day when severe abdominal discomfort sent her to the nurse’s office and then on to the doctor. Much to Melanie and her parents’ surprise and dismay, she was told that she was pregnant. A false positive urinalysis had led the doctors in the wrong direction [...]   More

By Gene Davis, RMHC-HI ~ July, 2002

Often, families that have stayed at Hawaii’s Ronald McDonald House return to visit, but when Anneliese Mauch and Rob Hainer stopped by to say hello with their healthy and beautiful 18-month-old daughter Mia, it was part of a vacation with a theme [...]    More

By Kathy Murphy ~ October, 2000

My husband Warren and I arrived in Hawaii from Guam with our son Davee on October 15, 2000. Although there had been a room available at the Ronald McDonald House when we first landed, we didn’t move in until October 28. Davee at first was reluctant to stay there because [...]    More