MADISON – Walt McGrory’s combat in opposition to most cancers continues.
McGrory, who joined the Wisconsin males’s basketball program in 2017 and was a member of the workforce for 4 seasons, was identified with osteosarcoma, a type of bone most cancers, in August 2021.
A star guard at Edina Excessive College in Minnesota earlier than coming to UW, McGrory wanted to have a part of his left leg amputated in April.
He shared an replace Friday on his gofundme web page.
“There have been lonely days and darkish nights of the soul,” McGrory wrote. “However I’ve by no means been extra optimistic than now. There’s a treatment on the market.
“I’ve been knocked down numerous occasions, however I’ll preserve selecting myself up till we discover it. This illness has taken so much from me, however it should by no means take my uncompromising will. …
“My household and I’d enormously recognize your assist, so we are able to preserve combating this battle to our biggest skill. Any contribution to this fund will go in the direction of utilizing probably the most promising breakthroughs in most cancers analysis, layering a number of remedies collectively, and touring anyplace essential to obtain these therapies. With out having to fret about the price of these regimens, we have now many extra thrilling prospects obtainable to us.
“No phrases can specific my gratitude and appreciation on your willingness to assist my household and me on this quest for a treatment. Your kindness and love provides me the energy wanted to win this combat irrespective of what number of rounds it takes.
“Truthfully, I’m uninterested in telling this story of my previous. What excites me is telling the story of my future. It’s shut, I can really feel it.”
