That included, Young said, physical and psychological evaluations as well as a financial assessment of the family’s ability to pay for the medications necessary for a successful transplant outcome.ĭuke volunteer assistant softball coach Nicole Schaffer and Garrett Siemek, the team’s director of operations, set up a account earlier this month which has raised $22,426. Since then, Lamar’s medical team put him and the family through the required qualification process for transplant list inclusion. That allowed him to speak in a whisper to the couple’s son, Kayden, on his 13th birthday. Just last week, Lamar’s condition appeared to be improving when he was removed from a ventilator on June 15 after 16 days of use. “Needless to say we still have a long road ahead of us but the path is now clear, which provides us some comfort,” Young said. Young posted an update on social media Thursday revealing Lamar had been placed on the waiting list for a heart and kidney transplants. Hospitalized in intensive care at Duke University Hospital for the past four weeks, Lamar had five surgeries for an undisclosed cardiovascular condition in early June. Duke softball coach Marissa Young’s family entered a new phase of their health challenge this week as doctors determined her husband needs heart and kidney transplants.
