Larry Holladay Transplant Fund
A blood cancer diagnosis is life-changing, not just for the patient but for the family and friends who love them.
Larry and I have been married for 38 years and live in Georgetown SC. Larry is retired from the Georgetown County School District where he was a physical education and health teacher. He was also a coach for many years and involved with the middle school archery team. I own and have operated Carolina Kids Day Care in Georgetown since 1996. We have two children, two wonderful grandchildren and are blessed with family and many friends throughout our community.
This is our story.
On August 13th 2016 I took Larry to our local hospital, he hasn’t been feeling well for some time. His white blood counts were very high, his blood pressure was very low and his kidneys were starting to fail.
Blood work there led to a diagnoses of Leukemia.
At midnight on August 14th, Larry was taken by ambulance to MUSC in Charleston. The doctors there were waiting on us and quickly took charge. Thanks to their rapid response Larry was in stable but critical condition. A bone marrow biopsy was preformed and confirmed the diagnoses as Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Larry was given induction chemotherapy to try and put the Leukemia in remission. There were some really challenging days while we were at MUSC but thanks to the doctors and nurses on the 7th floor bone marrow unit we made it through. On September 16th ,after 32 days in the hospital, we bid an emotional good bye to our hospital family and headed home. We all know there’s no place like home!
Larry continues to report to MUSC Hollings Cancer Center to receive blood work and follow up bone marrow biopsies. The last biopsy showed no signs of Leukemia! Remission has been achieved after one round of chemotherapy the doctors are very excited.
Larry’s next step begins with 5 days of consolidation chemotherapy that will be given in Georgetown at the Francis B. Ford Cancer Center. We are so happy he can do this as an outpatient and stay at home with his family.
Once his body recovers from the chemo we will be proceed to a bone marrow transplant.
God is good! We have a donor available from the national bone marrow registry.
A transplant will require us to live no more than 40 minutes from the hospital in Charleston for 100 days. Larry will also require a caregiver to stay with him around the clock for those 100 days. To say this is overwhelming is an understatement. Please continue to lift us up in prayer.
We have been overwhelmed by the out pouring of love and support our friends and family have shown us. Thank you for the home cooked meals, cards, visits, phone calls and generous gifts you have given us! You are all such a blessing!
If you would like to help us by giving a donation to help provide us with housing and food while we are in Charleston for the transplant it would be greatly appreciated. Again we thank you, every little bit helps!