Donna Crowe

My Mom was the most selfless person I’ve ever known, sacrificing everything for her children and everyone she knew, never expecting anything in return.

If she were here today, she would not like to have attention drawn to her for any reason, especially honoring her.  She preferred the background without any recognition.  

She was a remarkable 25-year survivor of ovarian cancer!! 

We traveled to MUSC every 21 days for six months.  Her chemotherapy was two different drugs, one of which was chosen by the computer.  Dr. William Creasman was her oncologist, and he had gotten her permission to use her case in a study that would enable them to treat additional patients.  We had no idea that it would be so successful that she would be in remission for the rest of her life!  

On the day before Thanksgiving in 1995, she had a complete hysterectomy along with her first round of chemo.  Cancer does not always mean a death sentence, and in Mom’s case, it was not.  Even though she was a survivor, it was not an easy road to travel.  It would take many more details and pages for her entire story, and as I am sure many of you already know, it’s extremely difficult to relive those memories.  

I had the privilege to live with her during the last seven years of her life.  Unfortunately, dementia and Alzheimer’s had slowly taken over that last part of her life.  My only regret is that I just wish I had become just half of the Mom she was to me!  Life is precious and fleeting; live every day as if it were your last … 

Virginia “Ginger” Mabry Proffitt

10-1-26 — 10-10-20