{"id":18720,"date":"2024-06-26T09:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:22:05","slug":"world-champion-irish-dancer-and-cancer-survivor-raises-money-for-hospital-that-saved-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2024\/06\/world-champion-irish-dancer-and-cancer-survivor-raises-money-for-hospital-that-saved-her-life.html","title":{"rendered":"World Champion Irish Dancer and Cancer Survivor Raises Money For Hospital That Saved Her Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After fighting for her life twice, 20-year-old Megan Stuart is using a personal victory as a springboard for giving back to the hospital that saved her. The Minneapolis woman has already faced her share of challenges. Stuart and her twin brother were born eight weeks early. Then, at only 4 months old, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, she said. Years later, just as she was on the verge of achieving her life\u2019s goal in Irish dancing, the COVID pandemic shut down her favorite sport.<\/p>\n

Even so, in an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, Stuart referred to herself a number of times as \u201clucky.\u201d\u00a0She was lucky, she said, that Children\u2019s Minnesota, the hospital where she and her brother spent 40 days in the NICU after their premature birth, had the facilities and know-how to treat an infant with stage 3 neuroblastoma.\u00a0And now she is lucky, she added, that she\u2019s been given a platform to give back to it.<\/p>\n

After nearly a decade of attempts and close finishes, Stuart was crowned the world champion\u00a0in Irish dance\u00a0last March at the CLRG World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. The CLRG is the world\u2019s largest and oldest Irish dance governing body. Celebrating a victory with a large party with\u00a0family and friends\u00a0is customary, but Stuart is marking her championship by raising money for the Cancer Kids Fund at Children\u2019s Minnesota, a charity close to her heart.\u00a0Stuart told Fox News Digital in an interview, \u201cThis is something I\u2019ve been thinking about [doing] for a really long time before I even won \u2014 I was like, \u2018Wow, I think it would be really great to do something to just give back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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