Support Larry and Linda on this road we call life

Hi, my name is Tammy Ford and I’m fundraising for my sister Linda and brother-in-law Larry James. If you’ve met Larry or will meet him in the future, you instantly like him. He is a proud Marine who served in Vietnam. He’s sarcastic and knows how to land a joke or story. He LOVES to golf. Loves to watch football and play a good game of poker. Most of all he loves his family!

1 Corinthians 13 speaks about love and Larry lives this greatest gift every day.

On April 18th Larry experienced severe pain in his left shoulder blade and arm. He was admitted that evening and told he’d had a heart attack. The news seemed to grow worse every day. The next day we found out that he had multiple strokes. After lots of testing, it was discovered that he had a bad infection in his heart, and that was what caused the strokes. He was put on IV antibiotics, but was ultimately transported to Henry Ford to be evaluated for open heart surgery. A week later he was approved for the surgery and underwent a major reconstruction of his heart. The surgery lasted 11 hours instead of the 5/6 that was planned. The recovery has been much more intense than our family expected. Since the surgery (May 7th) Larry has had lung failure, kidney failure, pneumonia and multiple other issues. He has been intubated and sedated for two weeks, and will require a lot of care and rehabilitation.

His daughter Brandy has closed her business temporarily to help Linda and stay close to the hospital to make sure they can be with Larry every day until he is able to be moved closer to home for rehabilitation.

The current costs of living out of town in addition to the medical expenses are already mounting. There are so many unknowns for his future care that the anticipation of future medical costs is daunting.

Any donations will be more than appreciated. Any funds that are not used for his medical care will be donated to the children’s hospital in Saginaw.