Megan Ellahi wakes up every morning determined to conquer the challenges ahead.
Ellahi was diagnosed with a muscular disease with a particular focus on her lungs, evolving into pulmonary fibrosis. This condition is causing her lungs to gradually transform into scar tissue, which makes it difficult to breathe.
“It causes me to have chronic bronchitis, so I have coughed everyday consistently for eight years,” says Ellahi, who is scheduled to receive a double lung transplant in the near future.
“I can’t control what is happening with my body. So, I think it is easy for me to say, ‘Woe is me,’ but there is always someone who is worse off.”
Despite her diagnosis, Ellahi finds time to give back to others. She is currently the client liaison for Meals on Wheels and volunteers for Airdrie Drive Happiness. She also is an accomplished painter.
Ellahi was nominated multiple times for the Amazing Courage Award.
“Each day that awaits her is full of adversity. Close-minded and scared individuals assume she is spreading unknown disease in a post-COVID era,” says nominator Kristin Arshinoff.
“Megan has been faced with enormous adversity. Against all odds, she has faced it with utmost determination, perseverance in a world that otherwise is at odds with her.”