It is with great sadness that I must let you know that our darling daughter Megan died last night at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida after a three and a half year battle with Multiple Myeloma. Our Megan has always been a fighter and battled this cancer with the same energy and positive attitude she exhibited in everything she did. We have been taking care of her for the past ten days since she had lost the use of her arms and needed 24/7 care, and we cherish that time together. Last Friday we took her to Mayo and she never left. On Monday she wanted to have a mushroom pizza from her favorite pizza joint in Jacksonville Beach so Cindy went and got it, delivered it to the front door of Mayo and I rushed it up to her still hot. (Meg was only allowed one visitor the entire duration due to Covid.) She ate half the pie with gusto as we talked about our next trips to Italy. Sometime in the early morning hours she had a catastrophic event in her lungs due to the cancer and she was placed in a medically induced coma from which she never recovered. She died peacefully with her family next to her at 10 pm on Tuesday January 12th.
The entire staff at the Mayo Clinic has been fantastic, there is a reason they are World Class. In lieu of flowers, if you are so inclined you may make a contribution to the Mayo Clinic Department of Development, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. In the memo line indicate that the donation is in memory of Megan Byxbee. You may also do this online at: https://philanthropy.mayoclinic.org/donatemc. Under tribute information indicate that the gift is in Memory of Megan Byxbee.
With best wishes for happier times, Cindy and William
