Melanie Walling

Melanie Needs Your Help!

Melanie Walling is in desperate need of a liver transplant. Before Melanie can be put on the active transplant list, she must raise $3000 to cover temporary living expenses for staying in Charleston, SC for two months post-transplant.

Melanie was infected with Hepatitis C in 1983 when she received four units of blood during an emergency C-section; Blood wasn’t screened for Hep C until 1992. She, luckily, had no symptoms from this disease for over thirty years. In February, 2013, she was admitted to the hospital vomiting blood and was told she had advanced cirrhosis of the liver. We were told by the liver specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina, that without a liver transplant, her life expectancy would only be two to three years. With a new liver, we were told “she would feel young again” with a normal life expectancy.

We are lucky in that we have insurance to cover the cost of testing and the transplant itself. However, to be considered for a transplant, we have to demonstrate that we have $3000 in cash to cover the two months that we will be required to stay in Charleston after the transplant.

To help with the financial burden of Melanie’s uninsured expenses, a fundraising campaign in her honor has been established with HelpHOPELive, a trusted nonprofit organization that has been providing community-based fundraising guidance to patients and their families for more than 30 years. All donations are tax-deductible, are held by HelpHOPELive in the South-Atlantic Liver Transplant Fund, and are administered by HelpHOPELive for transplant-related expenses only. Please consider making a contribution.

Thank you for your prayers, support and generosity. Please keep an eye on this campaign page because we will be planning some fundraising events soon and posting updates regularly.

Gratefully,

Jim Walling (Melanie’s husband)
843-461-6080