{"id":98991,"date":"2016-04-20T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=98991"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:31:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T18:31:57","slug":"megan-dewald-benefite-set-need-double-lung-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=98991","title":{"rendered":"Megan Dewald transplant benefit Apr 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-99252\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"dewaldmegan1\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan1-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jamestown (CSi) A benefit supper, silent and raffle auctions are set for Wednesday April 20,\u00a0 from 5-pm., to 8-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown for Megan Dewald.<\/p>\n<p>Megan has been fighting Cystic Fibrosis all 26 years of her life.<\/p>\n<p>Cystic Fibrosis is a fatal lung disease that worsen with age.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DewaldMegan.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-98996\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DewaldMegan-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"DewaldMegan\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DewaldMegan-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DewaldMegan-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DewaldMegan.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Megan\u2019s struggles now include being on oxygen 24 hours, and has limited her to only the basic activities necessary to function each day.<\/p>\n<p>Her doctors have declared that she needs a double lung transplant, and that it\u2019s time to be put on the lung transplant list.<\/p>\n<p>This is an expensive operation and requires Megan and her mom Cheryl Dewald to live near the University of Minnesota hospital for 3-4 months after surgery. Megan will also have many follow up appointments and procedures in the 1-3 years following the transplant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-99253\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"dewaldmegan2\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan2-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan2-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/dewaldmegan2.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Megan will also have a lifetime of expenses for anti-rejections medications.<\/p>\n<p>To help with all of the expenses the community is welcome to help out by attending the supper, and participating in the silent and raffle auction,with a free will donation. The auction will include items signed by former Bison quarterback, Carson Wentz.<\/p>\n<p>Friends for Megan have set up an account at Gate City Bank, under the name of the Megan Dewald Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Cheryl Dewald at 701-952-2846, or 701-659-0820.<\/p>\n<p>Local Girl Scouts have also made purple, black and white beaded bracelets that say &#8220;Team Megan&#8221; and &#8220;Just Breathe&#8221; that are available for purchase at $1 each.<\/p>\n<p>The supper will include Knoephla Soup, pulled pork sandwiches and dessert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) A benefit supper, silent and raffle auctions are set for Wednesday April 20,\u00a0 from 5-pm., to 8-p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jamestown for Megan Dewald. Megan has been fighting Cystic Fibrosis all 26 years of her life. Cystic Fibrosis is a fatal lung disease that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98991"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99254,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98991\/revisions\/99254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}