Coach Ngo Northern Guilford High
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COACH THANH NGO is the Cross Country and Track and Field Coach for Northern Guilford High School in Greensboro NC. On June 5th he suffered from terrible pain radiating into his abdomen and had a temperature of 103 degrees. Thinking he had appendicitis his wife took him to the emergency room. After many tests it was discovered that it wasn’t appendicitis. A CT scan revealed that he was suffering from a rare congenital condition called Pulmonary Sequestration. Since the Northern Guilford High School’s Track and Field’s award ceremony and the Senior Class Graduation was the following weekend he told no one of his upcoming major surgery. Instead he organized a wonderful Awards Banquet for the team and then he went to Northern’s graduation ceremony to be there to watch his seniors graduate! Coach Ngo had surgery on June 26th and was placed in ICU afterwards. He had a thoracotomy procedure to remove a large mass which measured 7cm x 5 cm and unfortunately the surgeon could not save his left lower lobe. A lobectomy was performed in which they removed his left lower lobe of his lung and a chest tube was also inserted. He will need at least 4-6 weeks to recover and will not be able to work during this time. Since he just started a full time position he does not have short term disability. The medical expenses are climbing and I’m reaching out to our Northern Guilford families and friends in the area to help Coach Ngo, his wife Esther and baby daughter Lena by making a donation to this Go Fund Me Page. He has spent so much of his spare time coaching the NGHS athletes and being with our kids and away from his family. This is his 10th year coaching at NGHS. Unfortunately their deductible is high and out of pocket expenses on top of that could reach well over $10,000 not to mention the loss of wages over this time. Please help our coach who has helped build our athletes into not only fine runners but taught them discipline, team work and integrity. We can’t wait to see him back running on the track along with his athletes! ❤️
Please share this link with Northern Guilford High School families and your friends, family and neighbors! He has given so much of his time coaching the athletes, running meets, driving the bus to get them to the meets and he always celebrates all of their achievements by hosting banquets for the team throughout the year! Let’s pay it forward to Coach Ngo!!
Sincerly,
The Melville Family
Organizer and beneficiary
Janet Bulger Melville
Organizer
Summerfield, NC
Thanh Ngo
Beneficiary