In the Right Place
After receiving treatment for cystic fibrosis at a number of hospitals, Megan Willis is happy to call N.C. Children’s Hospital home.
BY STEPHANIE SOUCHERAY
Megan Willis, 16, has been a pediatric pulmonary patient at UNC Health Care for five years.
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egan Willis and her mom Wendy have spent nearly every major holiday at N.C. Children’s Hospital for the past ve years. They joke that instead of decorating a Christmas tree at home they should decorate their hospital room. It is not a normal life for a 16-year-old, but it is the only life the Willises have known since Megan was diagnosed with cystic brosis (CF) when she was 14 months old. >
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