Madison Holland Foundation

I am happy I found this video. This is what I want for Madison and every child with this disease. Two years is a long time and the journey was not an easy one but, seeing this beautiful young lady now, lets me know every test, probe, chemotherapy, all the time away from school, friends [...]

At 5:00 am I woke up naturally. No alarm clock needed. It was the 23rd of May and all was right with the world. I knew because before I opened my eyes, I took an assessment of my body and there was no pain or even the slightest discomfort. So, I start to question my [...]

If you wake up every morning pain-free, it’s easy to take that for granted. Having never experienced a pain problem that kept you from doing what you love to do or a pain problem that skews your perspective, its easy to underestimate it. It’s easy to sit back and judge those who experience that sort [...]

The girls had a great time bowling! We met our fund raising goal and everyone had a good time. Thanks to everyone who came out and a special thanks to everyone who sent in a donation. While we certainly appreciate your donation, we missed your presence. It was a pleasure meeting every one.  Madi had a [...]

It feels good!!! When I started out, I have to admit I was a bit timid. It took me two weeks to make the announcement to my family and friends that I had started to blog…again. Over this three month period, I have gone through three transformations: Initially, it was all about Madi and sickle cell [...]

This just in….Another student athlete has died. Robert Garza, 16, died during an AAU basketball game Saturday in South Texas. A while back sports officials wanted to make testing for sickle cell disease a requirement for football players due the deaths of the football players in Florida and Ohio. Players and parents were against it [...]

Really? I want to make this blog both entertaining and informative. But, I also want my readers to feel comfortable enough to respond with comments ON THE BLOG, not just through direct emails and phone calls to me. If I have gotten too technical, it’s because I thought sharing certain information was necessary, beneficial and [...]

I am not an expert in the area of medicine. I write on the Madison Holland Foundation blog from a personal perspective, this is what I know and have seen either here at home, in the doctor’s office or on the web. I do this to get attention for sickle cell and to hopefully get [...]