Re: Re: Ya'll have convinced me

July 3, 2005

Don't mean to be nit-picky here--and Sue will correct me if I'm wrong--but I

believe Sue and family are going to St Louis to see Dr Dobbs, not to Iowa City.

Still, the RMDH in St Louis is a great idea. And most hotels around large

medical centers will give you a " hospital rate " .

And you won't regret the long trip.

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, corrected bilateral clubfoot, FAB

14/7)

and Claire wrote:

Sue,

So glad you are going! I know you'll never regret making the trip.

I wanted to mention that your number of kids is actually fine for the

Mc House.. it's totally geared to families. They have

suites for families.. check out the pictures:

http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/ronaldmcdonald/gallery.html

There's a playroom with toys, a playground/playset in the back yard.

Just passing it along. We have usually stayed in a hotel because of

only being there one night at a time.. but we have stayed at the

house once. If you do stay in a hotel, be sure to mention that you

are in town for a medical appointment and ask for a hospital rate. It

makes quite a difference.

Here's a link to info on hotels in the area:

http://www.icccvb.org/wheretostay.asp

Here's info on traveling there for appts from the VH site if you

haven't seen it already:

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/travel.html

Best of luck!

> We'll be coming in from the Houston, Tx area. We didn't know where

> to stay. Thanks for the tip on the Holiday Inn. I don't think 5

> kiddos would work well at the Mc House. Our appt. is

> for 7/11 first thing in the morning. I'm excited. Will be

> cast on the first visit, or is it more of a consultation?

>

> Thanks again for all of your encouragement.

>

> Sue and (03/15/05)

>

July 3, 2005