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TikTok Finds NJ Man Kidney Donor Months After He Discovers Long-Lost Son TikTok Finds NJ Man Kidney Donor Months After He Discovers Long-Lost Son
TikTok Finds NJ Man Kidney Donor Months After He Discovers Long-Lost Son A North Jersey man's will to live has been renewed after finding his long-lost son, granddaughter and then a kidney donor over social media all within the last several months. Jamie Fatato, of Weehawken, began suffering from kidney failure 15 years ago while visiting his mom in Florida, his girlfriend, Mariam "MJ" Mirbaba said. The kidney Fatato received from his brother back then began failing in 2018. Since then, 49-year-old Fatato has spent five hours a day, three days a week on dialysis trying to find a new kidney.  The search was exhausting, and Fatato was losing hope. But, las…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer
Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer A Lyndhurst woman who recently donated a kidney in honor of her late father, a Jersey City police officer, saved four lives when she ignited a “zig-zagging bi-coastal chain” of donations across the country. Gianna Graw, a 24-year-old grad student in higher education at Montclair State, wanted to honor her father — a Jersey City police officer who died in 2016 — by donating a kidney to another officer in need. “My dad dedicated his life to helping others, and I wanted to find a way to honor him and live his legacy,” she said. But finding out that the officer had already found a suitable don…

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by Valerie Musson
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Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor
Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor The community has gotten behind a 25-year-old Morris County man on a quest for a new kidney. Brandon Tellawy of Parsippany has been enduring daily dialysis treatments after he was diagnosed with kidney failure last year. Tellawy, who grew up in Kinnelon, was forced to put his pursuit of pharmacology on hold to keep up with his intensive treatment, which requires four nightly cycles of fluid to be pumped through his abdomen, Daily Record reports. Tellawy awaits a kidney transplant, and while his O-negative blood type makes him a universal donor, the same can’t be said when it comes to the …

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by Valerie Musson
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Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live
Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live Nine years after donating his kidney to a stranger, Bergen County rabbi Ephraim Simon has given an ailing father a second chance at life with his liver. Adam Levitz, 44 of Long Island, has suffered from Crohn’s disease since the age of 15 and was in dire need of a live donor as of December 2018. Simon of Teaneck is among only a handful of people who have donated both a kidney and a liver. Because many hospitals won't allow such -- including those in New York state -- Levitz and Simon of Teaneck traveled to the Cleveland Clinic for the successful operations on Dec. 20. “As a rabbi, I do a …

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by Cecilia Levine