The Ronald McDonald House: A home-away-from-home for Eagle Grove family

It’s been nearly three years since Jess and Tiffini Toliver first met their soon-to-beson’s birth mother. They had been chosen to be the adoptive parents of little Gabriel. At only five months into the pregnancy, the Tolivers were an important part of the process.

“We felt so very blessed to not only get a newborn (to adopt), but to actually be able to be a part of the prenatal care and the delivery,” said Tiffini. “Jess even got to cut the cord.”

Baby Gabriel made his way into this world in November of 2015. He was a beautiful, healthy, bouncing baby boy. All looked good. He even scored a perfect APGAR which assesses all of the baby’s functions. But at nine weeks old, all of that would change.

Gabe, as they call him, became very ill. He was diagnosed with RSV along with four other uncommon viruses.

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