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Community Heartbroken Over Death Of Allendale's James Holleran, Father Of Madison Holleran, 59 Community Heartbroken Over Death Of Allendale's James Holleran, Father Of Madison Holleran, 59
Community Heartbroken Over Death Of Allendale's James Holleran, Father Of Madison Holleran, 59 Allendale resident James "Jim" Holleran, who launched the Madison Holleran Foundation to raise awareness toward suicide following his daughter's death, has died. He died on Friday and was 59 years old. The Madison Holleran Foundation announced the news Saturday in a Facebook post. "The past 6 months have been a difficult journey for Jim," the post reads.  "He was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and ultimately had to have his colon removed. Since then, he has been in and out of rehabilitation centers trying to regain his strength and recoup his active lifestyle he was so used to." The M…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hope Fading Fast For Mahwah EMT Battling Crohn's: 'It's Not Easy' Hope Fading Fast For Mahwah EMT Battling Crohn's: 'It's Not Easy'
Hope Fading Fast For Mahwah EMT Battling Crohn's: 'It's Not Easy' Excitement and relief washed over Isabelle Mendez as she prepared for surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center in June 2014. Just two years after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and six months after having her colon removed, the then-16-year-old was going for an ileostomy reversal and JPouch creation -- expected to give her  the equivalent of a healthy person's colon. For the first time in years, Mendez of Mahwah had hope that she would soon be returning to life without pain, frequent bathroom trips and the stigma of being "different." That hope slipped away from Mendez a l…

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by Cecilia Levine