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Support Surges For Sussex County Teen Battling Rare Brain Injury Support Surges For Sussex County Teen Battling Rare Brain Injury
Support Surges For Sussex County Teen Battling Rare Brain Injury Support is on the rise for a Sussex County teenager battling a rare brain injury. Lili was a typical 13-year-old girl who loved reading, writing, and traveling, even aspiring to become a global journalist or news reporter someday, according to a GoFundMe launched for her medical expenses. At the end of March, Lili came home suffering from a bad headache that turned out to be the result of her first seizure. “That seizure took away her ability to speak, and she suffered from paralysis, leaving her completely helpless,” reads the campaign, launched by Samantha Curran. The next several days …

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by Valerie Musson
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Newark 'Boss Baby' Brain-Damaged After Mysterious Seizure, Mom Says Newark 'Boss Baby' Brain-Damaged After Mysterious Seizure, Mom Says
Newark 'Boss Baby' Brain-Damaged After Mysterious Seizure, Mom Says One minute, 3-year-old Alayah Butler was running around a pumpkin patch laughing. The next, the Newark girl was having a seizure — and then in cardiac arrest. Doctors aren't sure what caused the Oct. 7, 2021 seizure or heart attack, which left little Alayah brain-damaged and wheelchair-bound. To make matters worse, her mom Leah Butler, lost her job and is caring for her around the clock. More than $4,300 had been raised on a GoFundMe for the family as of Saturday, April 2, as Butler recently lost her job, and has been home caring for her daughter. Alayah and a pastor praying for her.Le…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition
GoFundMe Begun For Baby From Bloomfield With Rare Medical Condition The family of a year-and-a-half-old baby girl have started a GoFundMe campaign to help defray medical expenses incurred as doctors treat her rare and potentially fatal medical condition.  Sawyer Jane Barrow was born last year with a condition known as vein of Galen malformation, in which veins don't connect to capillaries but directly to the great cerebral vein. The condition leads to an abnormally fast blood flow, which can lead to a variety of problems, including congestive heart failure, brain bleeding and seizures. Vein of Galen malformations are very rare, affecting just 1 in 3 mil…

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by Paul Milo