Home away from home

Kathy LeDuc helps her daughter Gabby, 5, with a coloring project at the Ronald McDonald House in Spokane.

On May 18, Kathy LeDuc, of Kalispell, took her daughter, Gabby, 5, to the doctor.

“She had a fever and said her tummy hurt,” LeDuc said. “She had a dance recital coming up and I thought she was coming down with strep throat.”

She never made the recital.

Gabby’s appointment was at 10:30 a.m. By 4 p.m. she’d been admitted to Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, and life forever changed for the LeDuc family.

“The doctor told us Gabby had leukemia,” LeDuc said. “Her white counts were so low they told us we needed to get on a Life Flight to Sacred Heart.” Read more. Cindy Hval, SR

Have you ever had a child sick enough to be admitted to the hospital?