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Help Meghan Survive a Transplant and Live the Life Lung Disease Denied Her

  • Original April Update

      13 August 2026

    This update was intended to be posted at the start of April:

    Hello everyone,

    It’s been a while, but we wanted to give you an update on what has been happening and how your support has helped us.

    Unfortunately, Meghan is still waiting on her double lung transplant. Due to her smaller size it's proving harder to find a matching set of lungs, so she may still be waiting a while yet.

    While her daily condition is noticeably worse than she was six months ago, the checkups have shown no major decline, so that's positive. We hope she continues to stay relatively stable until she can get her transplant.

    Your support has helped us move into a smaller studio flat. While it has been challenging and less ideal for us, it gives us somewhere more stable to stay, which alleviates some of the stress we had. We've been using the money donated so far on moving and preparations for post-transplant life - we cannot thank you enough for supporting us in this journey; to us, you are literally lifesavers.

    Life for Meghan is limited - she's usually in quite a bit of pain and discomfort, always exhausted, and there isn't much she can do apart from rest or spend some brief time at her desk.

    She continues to have checkups every three months. We will make sure to keep you all posted when we hear about the transplant, which we hope will be sooner rather than later.

    We don't know how we would have survived without your support, so thank you again; we hope to have good news to share soon.

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  • Keeping the Campaign Open for Updates

      13 August 2026

    Somehow, a year has already passed since we first started the campaign. I wrote an update at the end of March but realised I never actually posted it, so I'll post the original now in a follow-up. I'll also work towards another update soon, as we've had one positive development very recently.

    I'll try to keep the campaign extended until her transplant so that we can continue keeping everyone up to date on her journey.

    Thanks again to all of you for the incredibly generous care and support you've shown Meghan. It will always mean so much to both of us.

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  • A Heartfelt Thank You

      22 August 2025

    We can’t thank you all enough for the overwhelming love and support that has poured in this week. Each message, donation, and gesture of kindness has lifted our spirits more than we ever could have imagined.

    We meant to share this sooner but it has been a crazy week. Please know how deeply grateful we are, even if our thanks are arriving a little later than planned.

    Your generosity and encouragement mean the world to us, and we feel so lucky to have such an incredible community behind us. Thank you all, truly, for being amazing. ❤️

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  • Meghan's Story on Stuff

      18 August 2025

    Hi everyone,

    For anyone interested, an article about Meghan's story has been published on Stuff this morning - https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360791034/strangers-lungs-could-save-womans-life-time-running-out.

    You might also see her featured on Three News tonight. We were very anxious about doing this, but we're happy with how the article turned out and how respectful the journalist, Nicholas Jones, has been throughout the process.

    We also want to say how thankful we are for all the support we've received today from those of you who have read the article. It's been incredibly touching reading the kind messages and seeing the encouragement flood in.

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