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Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle
Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle After battling leukemia, braving multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and receiving a life-saving stem cell transplant from an anonymous donor, Emily Setteducato thought her medical woes were over.  The 28-year-old Paterson elementary school teacher had left the hospital, returned to the classroom, celebrated a birthday, and was back to planning a future with her long-time boyfriend, Will.  But now, the Saddle Brook woman is battling an infection in her brain, complicated by a weakened immune system still reeling from her cancer treatment, her sister Jackie Griffin writes in a GoFundM…

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by Mac Bullock
Neighbors
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Friends and family of a 27-year-old Belleville mother are raising funds on her behalf after she suffered a stroke that left her unable to work and pay for medical treatment.  Delilah Crespo is now blind in one eye, has lost use of one leg and has speech problems. Unable to work and not eligible for disability having just recently started a job, Crespo can't afford physical therapy her doctors say is necessary for her recovery.  "No one knows the full effect that this stroke will have on her. So we need to act fast to get her the help she needs," organizers of a GoFundMe campaign w…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
5 Kids Determined To See Single Wallington Dad Victorious In Cancer Fight 5 Kids Determined To See Single Wallington Dad Victorious In Cancer Fight
5 Kids Determined To See Single Wallington Dad Victorious In Cancer Fight As a Wallington father fights cancer for the second time, his five children are hoping to help him ease the financial burden. More than $7,150 had been raised as of Friday afternoon for Greg Fabijanczuk on a GoFundMe. The page was launched by one of his five children, Kimberly Fabijanczuk, who explained that her father is battling  Multiple Myeloma (a cancer of plasma cells in the blood) after surviving Follicular Lymphoma years ago. "We are determined to see him victorious again," Kimberly said.  "Our dad is a truly wonderful father who showed us light and true love when o…

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by Cecilia Levine