Medical Fund for Meredith Harnage
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As some of you are aware, my sister, Meredith Tracy Harnage, was recently hospitalized. She has been unable to return to work as a kindergarten teacher. I’d like to share her story now.
Meredith has always been a healthy active person. She was a swimmer. She chased after a daughter and her 2 twin boys, now 16 and 13 years old, and cheered them on through soccer, baseball and football games. She was even willing to manage other people’s children as an elementary school teacher! Kindergarten no less! She, herself, runs primarily on Mountain Dew, which I will never understand. But I guess we all have our vices. She also worked in extended day, spending her afternoons running around playgrounds with these kids after a day teaching kindergarten.
Until this fall. When her vision changed. And she developed a few other weird neurological symptoms. And then had to pull off the road after school and call for a ride to the ER because her symptoms had worsened to the point she didn’t feel safe to drive.
She was hospitalized, underwent a brain biopsy for a suspicious mass. And shortly after came the news-
Brain Cancer. Non-Operable. Not curable.
The plan is to begin chemotherapy and radiation to destroy as much of the cancer as possible. It is unknown whether her vision will improve. It is unknown when or even if she will be able to return to work. It is unknown how much time we have left with Meredith.
We do know that, even with health insurance, she will have mounting medical bills. She has already started receiving the bills for her ER visit and hospitalization. And continued living expenses, including her mortgage and utility payments. She will run out of paid leave within 1-2 months, even with the donation of leave time by her generous fellow teachers- thank you!
Meredith has always been a healthy active person. She was a swimmer. She chased after a daughter and her 2 twin boys, now 16 and 13 years old, and cheered them on through soccer, baseball and football games. She was even willing to manage other people’s children as an elementary school teacher! Kindergarten no less! She, herself, runs primarily on Mountain Dew, which I will never understand. But I guess we all have our vices. She also worked in extended day, spending her afternoons running around playgrounds with these kids after a day teaching kindergarten.
Until this fall. When her vision changed. And she developed a few other weird neurological symptoms. And then had to pull off the road after school and call for a ride to the ER because her symptoms had worsened to the point she didn’t feel safe to drive.
She was hospitalized, underwent a brain biopsy for a suspicious mass. And shortly after came the news-
Brain Cancer. Non-Operable. Not curable.
The plan is to begin chemotherapy and radiation to destroy as much of the cancer as possible. It is unknown whether her vision will improve. It is unknown when or even if she will be able to return to work. It is unknown how much time we have left with Meredith.
We do know that, even with health insurance, she will have mounting medical bills. She has already started receiving the bills for her ER visit and hospitalization. And continued living expenses, including her mortgage and utility payments. She will run out of paid leave within 1-2 months, even with the donation of leave time by her generous fellow teachers- thank you!
Meredith is 44 years old.
Her daughter is 16, a junior in high school, a member of the national honor society and thinking about where she will go to college. Her twin boys are 13 years old, 8th graders, and thinking about their next moves on Fortnite and how to complete homework as quickly as humanly possible.
Please help support Meredith during this time. Please consider donating to this fund so Meredith can focus on her children, her family and friends and her upcoming treatment with one less worry. Your donations will be used for medical expenses and to help cover her and her children’s living costs.
GIVE whatever you can- no donation is too small!
EMAIL this page – https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-meredith-harnage to your family and friends.
This is the hardest story I’ve ever had to write. I can’t even picture the future right now. Thank you for your consideration and any support you can give Meredith. I write in sadness but with gratitude for the kindness people have already shown in so many ways and with hope for the best future we can have with as much time as is available.
Her daughter is 16, a junior in high school, a member of the national honor society and thinking about where she will go to college. Her twin boys are 13 years old, 8th graders, and thinking about their next moves on Fortnite and how to complete homework as quickly as humanly possible.
Please help support Meredith during this time. Please consider donating to this fund so Meredith can focus on her children, her family and friends and her upcoming treatment with one less worry. Your donations will be used for medical expenses and to help cover her and her children’s living costs.
GIVE whatever you can- no donation is too small!
EMAIL this page – https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-meredith-harnage to your family and friends.
This is the hardest story I’ve ever had to write. I can’t even picture the future right now. Thank you for your consideration and any support you can give Meredith. I write in sadness but with gratitude for the kindness people have already shown in so many ways and with hope for the best future we can have with as much time as is available.
Fundraising team (2)
Allison Tracy
Organizer
Jacksonville, FL
Allison Tracy
Team member
