Detective Holland

12/09/2020_DetectiveHolland

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The community is rallying to help a lexington family.

While 20-20 has been hard for many... as abc 36's cody adams tells us... the holland family has been hit particularly hard.

As some say when it rains it pours, that's literally the case for the holland family.

Maegan holland: the perfect storm so to speak, it drove the rain through the brick, through the sheething, into the insulation.

The water damage in the home made it unlivable.

Right now the family is living next to their home in an rv which they had to buy, traveling back and forth to cincinatti children's hospital.

It's been a troubling year physically, emotionally, and financially.

On top of it all they're taking care of a son who has a rare form of epilepsy.

Maegan: he had 2 big maul seizures at preschool.

Megan had to take a leave from work to take care of kaiser who now feeds through a feeding tube 4 times a day in order to get the nutrients need to battle his epilepsy.

Maegan: i worked full time as an rn up till september then i had a break dwon.

It's hard to keep a happy face when it feels like theres not much to be happy about.

Joe holland has been a detective with the lexington police department for 16 years.

Detective holland: the lifted me up, they kept me from having a major break down.

Detective anthony delimpo is a friend of detective hollands.

In hopes of helping anyway he can he set up a go fund me account to raise money to help heading into the holidays.

Anthony delmpo: i could hear the emotion and it moved me to decide we have got to do something.

That go fundme has garnered donations from all over... detective delimpo knows money won't fix problems, but he hopes it will help.

Delimpo: from my own experience 2 years ago my son was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer and the community stepped up.

Words can't describe how much it lifts somebody up.

As for the hollands they're thanks full and overwhelmed with hope and gratitude.

And hopeful 2021 is their year.

Maegan: it has given us a lot of hope.

In lexington cody adams abc 36 news.