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Hunterdon County Woman, 27, Seeks $25K Week Before Life-Saving Intestinal Surgery
The Hunterdon County community is rallying to support a Flemington native who is more than $25,000 short on donations needed for surgery to treat her rare medical condition.
Jacqueline “Jacqui” Heid, 27, has a condition mostly resulting from Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS), which compresses the first portion of the small intestine — called the duodenum — between the Superior Mesenteric Artery and the aorta, causing severe bloating and pain after eating, she told NJ.com.
Heid’s condition, which onset after she was involved in a serious car accident in 2013, affects just .013 perce…
