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We are raising money to help Megan True as she fights AML or Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Megan is the sunshine in our lives. She wears many hats, just ask her class! But seriously – she is a wife, mother to a beautiful baby girl, teacher, friend, sister, mentor, cheerleader, dog-mom, crafting aficionado, and much more.
Megan is a Pre-K teacher in Winston Salem North Carolina. She has the innate ability to create friends and family wherever she goes. She forged her teaching career at Diggs Latham Elementary. She loves the children she teaches and their parents like they’re her own family. She has selflessly dedicated her life to working with the eager young minds of tomorrow.
Megan is a “lifer” of Forsyth Country Day School – she went the distance from pre-K to graduation! After graduation, she hiked up the mountain to Appalachian State University. In typical Megan fashion, she built a family wherever she went – adding dozens of new sisters to her family when she became a Sigma Kappa. After graduating from App State (GO ‘NEERS!), she moved back to her roots in the Winston Salem area and dove head first into her dream job – teaching.
Somewhere along the wild ride, she met the love of her life, Chris, on St. Patty’s day in 2013. After their fairy-tale began it only made sense to add some more love to the house – Chris has a fur baby named Brody, but Brody later gained a fur baby brother named Miller. Fireworks erupted on July 4, 2016 when Brody and Miller’s humans got engaged. On November 4, 2017, they made it official and tied the knot.
September 26, 2018, rather than another fur baby, Megan and Chris added a baby, baby – Emerson Elizabeth!
Life has its ups and downs – and as Megan’s friends and family, we’ve been there for a lot of the up’s and the down’s scattered between Pre-K, college, and learning to adult. But none of us, least of all Megan, expected that in the middle of her living her best life, there would be this big of a down.
For about 6 weeks, Megan experienced a flurry of symptoms that were normal, nothing that would have set off alarm bells. She had recurring sore throats (tonsillitis) and general fatigue. Her doctor prescribed her medication and she would see improvement. During the first full week of April, Megan became really fatigued and struggled to move around normally without having to take breaks. She scheduled an E-visit with her doctor and they suggested she come in to the office for some blood work.
On Friday April 17, 2020, Megan went to what she thought would be a normal visit with her doctor – get some blood work done, get some answers, get new medication, get home. But, things took a hard left. A few hours after she had blood work done with her doctor, her doctor called to tell her she needed to get to the emergency room as soon as possible. Once she got to the ER, things took another turn. Because of COVID-19, she had to hear her diagnosis of AML alone. She received a blood transfusion on that Friday, had a bone marrow biopsy the following Monday, and began chemo therapy on Tuesday April 21, 2020. She went through all of those scary procedures without family or friends all in a matter of days.
When the doctor starts the diagnosis with a “C”, it’s hard to find your breath, the fairy-tale you were living up until that moment pauses, and your mind goes blank. If you didn’t already know that Megan was a fighter, you should know now. She braved hearing the diagnosis, the ER, the flurry of doctors, nurses, and paperwork on her own. It took courage – and now that courage is going to be tested as she continues to fight this battle. Even though, for the time being COVID-19 is keeping us away, Megan isn’t alone…
We love Megan. Her selflessness, laugh, smile, jokes, leadership, love of bows, the list goes on…I’ve cherished every moment of the 20 + years Megan has been in my life and I have watched her sunshiney disposition permeate the lives of everyone around her. Her focus has always been being the best mom, best wife, best friend, best teacher, best daughter, best sister she can be – but now she has to focus on fighting leukemia.
This fund has been set up to alleviate any focus Megan and her precious family may have on the monetary demand of battling leukemia. ALL forms of support are welcome – encouragement, emotional support, prayer – share what is on your heart give.
If you have any questions, please contact Laura Janke or Lynsey Greenlee.
#leukemiaisTRUElyintrouble
Megan is the sunshine in our lives. She wears many hats, just ask her class! But seriously – she is a wife, mother to a beautiful baby girl, teacher, friend, sister, mentor, cheerleader, dog-mom, crafting aficionado, and much more.
Megan is a Pre-K teacher in Winston Salem North Carolina. She has the innate ability to create friends and family wherever she goes. She forged her teaching career at Diggs Latham Elementary. She loves the children she teaches and their parents like they’re her own family. She has selflessly dedicated her life to working with the eager young minds of tomorrow.
Megan is a “lifer” of Forsyth Country Day School – she went the distance from pre-K to graduation! After graduation, she hiked up the mountain to Appalachian State University. In typical Megan fashion, she built a family wherever she went – adding dozens of new sisters to her family when she became a Sigma Kappa. After graduating from App State (GO ‘NEERS!), she moved back to her roots in the Winston Salem area and dove head first into her dream job – teaching.
Somewhere along the wild ride, she met the love of her life, Chris, on St. Patty’s day in 2013. After their fairy-tale began it only made sense to add some more love to the house – Chris has a fur baby named Brody, but Brody later gained a fur baby brother named Miller. Fireworks erupted on July 4, 2016 when Brody and Miller’s humans got engaged. On November 4, 2017, they made it official and tied the knot.
September 26, 2018, rather than another fur baby, Megan and Chris added a baby, baby – Emerson Elizabeth!
Life has its ups and downs – and as Megan’s friends and family, we’ve been there for a lot of the up’s and the down’s scattered between Pre-K, college, and learning to adult. But none of us, least of all Megan, expected that in the middle of her living her best life, there would be this big of a down.
For about 6 weeks, Megan experienced a flurry of symptoms that were normal, nothing that would have set off alarm bells. She had recurring sore throats (tonsillitis) and general fatigue. Her doctor prescribed her medication and she would see improvement. During the first full week of April, Megan became really fatigued and struggled to move around normally without having to take breaks. She scheduled an E-visit with her doctor and they suggested she come in to the office for some blood work.
On Friday April 17, 2020, Megan went to what she thought would be a normal visit with her doctor – get some blood work done, get some answers, get new medication, get home. But, things took a hard left. A few hours after she had blood work done with her doctor, her doctor called to tell her she needed to get to the emergency room as soon as possible. Once she got to the ER, things took another turn. Because of COVID-19, she had to hear her diagnosis of AML alone. She received a blood transfusion on that Friday, had a bone marrow biopsy the following Monday, and began chemo therapy on Tuesday April 21, 2020. She went through all of those scary procedures without family or friends all in a matter of days.
When the doctor starts the diagnosis with a “C”, it’s hard to find your breath, the fairy-tale you were living up until that moment pauses, and your mind goes blank. If you didn’t already know that Megan was a fighter, you should know now. She braved hearing the diagnosis, the ER, the flurry of doctors, nurses, and paperwork on her own. It took courage – and now that courage is going to be tested as she continues to fight this battle. Even though, for the time being COVID-19 is keeping us away, Megan isn’t alone…
We love Megan. Her selflessness, laugh, smile, jokes, leadership, love of bows, the list goes on…I’ve cherished every moment of the 20 + years Megan has been in my life and I have watched her sunshiney disposition permeate the lives of everyone around her. Her focus has always been being the best mom, best wife, best friend, best teacher, best daughter, best sister she can be – but now she has to focus on fighting leukemia.
This fund has been set up to alleviate any focus Megan and her precious family may have on the monetary demand of battling leukemia. ALL forms of support are welcome – encouragement, emotional support, prayer – share what is on your heart give.
If you have any questions, please contact Laura Janke or Lynsey Greenlee.
#leukemiaisTRUElyintrouble