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'Unthinkable Situation': NJ Mom Suffers Severe Stroke After Son Is Born With Brain Tumor 'Unthinkable Situation': NJ Mom Suffers Severe Stroke After Son Is Born With Brain Tumor
'Unthinkable Situation': NJ Mom Suffers Severe Stroke After Son Is Born With Brain Tumor It’s a situation almost impossible to fathom: A New Jersey mom suffers a severe stroke less than a month after her son is born with a brain tumor. The holiday season for the Niessen family of Warren County has begun with two ongoing battles. Tanya Niessen suffered her stroke in May. In August, she and her husband, Tom, learned that their son Bradan had a medulloblastoma. Bradan has been in and out of the pediatric intensive care unit with various complications as he undergoes chemotherapy at Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown following brain surgery. Tanya, meanwhile, had a cran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
SCAMMED: Family Of Ailing Little Ferry Boy Longing For Dog Loses Thousands SCAMMED: Family Of Ailing Little Ferry Boy Longing For Dog Loses Thousands
Scammed: Family Of Ailing Little Ferry Boy Longing For Dog Loses Thousands A Little Ferry family is seeking help raising money for a therapy dog for their ailing 6-year-old boy suffering a fatal illness after being scammed by a social media post. UPDATE: The family will be meeting  this weekend with a local rescue that has offered to donate a dog after reading the story on Daily Voice. Check back for more next week. Leart Dervishaj has been asking for a dog for more than a year. He has been in the pediatric intensive care unit at HackensackUMC for several weeks with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia and has a life expectancy of between nine and 11 years, his mom Re…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps HEROES: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps
Heroes: Heart-Attack Victim, 13, Rescued By Teaneck Ambulance Corps TEANECK, N.J. – After nearly two weeks in the hospital, a 13-year-old girl who was rescued by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps after suffering a heart attack is ready to go home. Doctors said it was fortunate that relatives quickly noticed and called for help. Another stroke of luck: The family’s second-floor apartment is less than five blocks from TVAC's Windsor Road headquarters. Four EMTs were stationed there when the call came in at 10 p.m. March 8, TVAC Public Information Officer Larry Robertson said Wednesday. They got there in two minutes and were joined by two addi…

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by Jerry DeMarco