Is the Ronald McDonald House a cover up for McDonald's unhealthy food?
By NYRican
@NYRican (82)
United States
January 20, 2011 9:45am CST
If you've watched the movie Supersize Me then you know how unhealthy McDonald's food is if eaten everyday. Well I have a similar experience I'd like to share with you about their food. When my daughter worked for McDonald's she ate their food everyday, I'd always tell her not to but you know teens they always do the exact opposite of what their parents say. Sometimes like on the weekends she'd be there all day so she'd eat all three meals there. Her annual physical for that year showed her cholesterol over 200 during which she had been with this job for little over a month her doctor adviced her to seek employment elsewhere, or just not eat their food.
Long story short, my daughter became pregnant at 17 and continued to work at McDonald's and eat their food everyday against my wishes. At about 3 months of pregnancy she had to quit because she kept getting really bad dizzy spells where her vision would turn completely black. Her baby was born with short gut syndrome with a jejunal atresia which means she's missing some of her intestine and part of what she had was no good and had to get removed. 4 months in the hospital meant my daughter had to stay at the Ronald McDonald House so she could be at her daughter's side at all times.
So all this time I wondered why did this happen? There's no family history of this on either family. All together My parents have 32 grand/greatgrandkids and each one was born completely healthy. My daughter is perhaps the first and possibly the only one in my family to work at McDonalds. So I just kept thinking that McDonald's food was to blame for this and as I kept thinking, I thought what better way for them to hide their guilt knowing that their food can cause this, than by providing their victims with the Ronald McDonald House. It's just a theory, what do you think?
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@sender621 (14893)
• United States
21 Jan 11
I have always believed that Ronal McDonald House is a worthy charity helping children in need. i still believe that. i would never consider the charity was used to deter our views of this fast food chain's menu.
@NYRican (82)
• United States
21 Jan 11
I've been there before they don't necessarily help children. What the Ronald McDonald House actually does is give the parents of children who are hospitalized a place to sleep. It's like a hotel, they give you a room with a bed and bathroom, they provide you with 3 daily meals mostly donated restaurant foods all you have to pay is $25 dollars for the key and if you don't have the $25 they waive it. So this helped us to save on gas because the Ronald McDonald House was right across the street from the children's hospital. It didn't actually help my granddaughter at all.