JANUARY 2022
Family Story
The Nelson Family 91 Nights
Luann and Layne Nelson were first introduced to the Ronald McDonald House when their youngest of five children, Lawson, was air-lifted to Fargo on August 14, 2018. At the age of seven, Lawson was diagnosed with t-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. Lawson spent eight days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sanford Hospital, followed by two more weeks in a standard room before leaving the hospital. Things didn’t slow down for the Nelson family when Lawson left the hospital.
Over the next two years, Lawson had
many more procedures, monitoring,
and chemotherapy treatments at the
Roger Maris Cancer Center. With Fargo being a substantial distance from
where the Nelsons live and raise cattle in northwestern North Dakota, they
needed a local place to stay for their numerous visits.
“The hospital staff directed my husband and our other children to the Ronald
McDonald House,” Luann said. “This
was an immediate blessing. I stayed in
the hospital with Lawson, but it was so good to have the rest of our family as close as next door to the hospital.” The Nelson family valued the safe, clean, and relaxing environment
of RMHC, but above all, they were
grateful to be together and to make connections with other families.
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