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Mother: ’God is good’
By Jeff Gilliland - jgilliland@timesgzette.com
Lynchburg resident Molly Chapel takes her first steps in May after being hospitalized for several months with COVID-19.
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Molly Chapol, a 24-year-old Lynchburg resident, is pictured in the hospital in May with her children, 6-year-old Addie and 2-year-old Sebastian.
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At first doctors thought it was pneumonia and sent her home. Three days later, 24-year-old Lynchburg resident Molly Chapol was in the hospital for what turned out to be a more than 160-day stay with COVID-19. Multiple times her family was told she was going to die. But she came home on June 19, and her family gives all the glory to God.
Apr 28, 2021
A fundraiser to help a former student is being organized by the Lynchburg-Clay FFA and LCHS Student Council. The benefit will be for Molly Chapol, a graduate of LCHS. Molly is the wife of Rodrigo Chapol and the mother of 2 small children. In 2016, at the age of 19, Molly was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. In December, Molly was diagnosed with double pneumonia from Covid. She is the longest surviving patient in the Cincinnati area that has been on the ECMO machine for the longest time. Molly had a setback and was fully sedated a second time. After a major lung surgery, her condition is improving, and she was recently transferred to the Drake Center for rehabilitation. All proceeds will benefit Molly’s medical expenses. The benefit event will take place on Saturday, May 8, at Lynchburg-Clay High School in Lynchburg from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Food will be available, there will be raffle prizes available as well as an “hybrid” silent auction. To help offset the exp
Fundraiser for Lynchburg-Clay graduate
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Lynchburg-Clay High School graduate Molley Chapol is pictured with her husband, Rodrigo, and children, Adabella and Sebastian.
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The Lynchburg-Clay FFA and LCHS Student Council will host a benefit event for Molly Chapol, a graduate of LCHS.
Molly is the wife of Rodrigo Chapol and the mother of 6-year-old Adabella and 2-year-old Sebastian.
In 2016, at the age of 19, Molly was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In December, she was diagnosed with double pneumonia from Covid. Molly is the longest surviving patient in the Cincinnati area that has been on the ECMO machine for the longest time. Molly had a setback and was fully sedated a second time. After a major lung surgery, she is doing better and was recently transferred to the Drake Center for rehabilitation.