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Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO) Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO)
Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (Video) Krystina Vied started with some Neil Diamond and ended with the "Moana" soundtrack. No, this wasn't a karaoke bar. This was brain surgery. Vied, a 30-year-old preschool teacher from Keansburg, was diagnosed with epilepsy years ago, but was having breakthrough seizures despite being on anti-seizure medication. An MRI found Vied had a brain tumor, and she was referred to Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center neuro-oncologist, Shama Farooq, M.D., and Nitesh V Patel, M.D., Co-Director of Neurosurgical Oncology.  Patel, a Jersey City native who c…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Morris County Native, Matheny School Graduate Katy VanOrden Dies, 25 Morris County Native, Matheny School Graduate Katy VanOrden Dies, 25
Morris County Native, Matheny School Graduate Katy VanOrden Dies, 25 Morris County native and Matheny School graduate Kathryn Lane VanOrden died Dec. 22 at home. She was 25. VanOrden lived in Randolph and Mendham her whole life and attended the Matheny School from age seven until her June 2017 graduation, according to her obituary. She went on to make great friends as a student at the Matheny Adult Program in Hillsborough and even developed a nickname as “Queen Kathryn of Sassiness” due to her outgoing personality during Zoom classes, her obit says. Outside the classroom, VanOrden loved to watch movies — some of her favorites were Marvel movies, Star Wars, …

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by Valerie Musson