{"id":415050,"date":"2026-08-24T03:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415050\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:10:07","slug":"fundraiser-aims-to-buy-service-dog-for-familys-daughter-with-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/415050\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser aims to buy service dog for family&#8217;s daughter with epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A family held a fundraiser Sunday to help raise money for a specialized service dog for their daughter, who has epilepsy.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/foxsanantonio.com\/news\/local\/living-with-epilepsy-one-familys-fight-for-added-safety-and-independence-for-daughter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Living with epilepsy: One family\u2019s fight for added safety and independence for daughter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser, organized by a close family friend of Lorie Ramirez, took place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Lighthouse Lounge on Cincinnati Avenue. The fundraiser was to help cover the cost of a specialized service dog for Ramirez\u2019s daughter, Savanna, and alleviate the financial strain brought on by ongoing medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Savanna faces daily seizures and will undergo brain surgery in two months. Ramirez hopes a seizure alert dog could give Savanna an extra layer of support and help make sure someone is there when she needs help.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought supporters together to raise funds for the dog, while also aiming to build awareness around the challenges faced by families navigating epilepsy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A family held a fundraiser Sunday to help raise money for a specialized service dog&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-415050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}