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Jersey Shore Nurse Battling For Her Life With Kidney Ailments Seeks Donor Match Jersey Shore Nurse Battling For Her Life With Kidney Ailments Seeks Donor Match
Jersey Shore Nurse Battling For Her Life With Kidney Ailments Seeks Donor Match A 26-year-old nurse and mother of two girls is battling for her life, her family in Ocean County says. Taylor Brazenor has been fighting Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) her entire life but has recently hit a wall, said her sister, Alison Way of Tuckerton. Brazenor, a nurse at AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center and a substitute nurse for Pinelands Regional School District in Ocean County, was placed on a kidney transplant list in November 2021.  She is still waiting for one. In the meantime, Brazenor's sister launched a GoFundMe page to help with medical expenses. Taylor is…

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by Jon Craig
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Rising Monmouth University Senior Is Hoping To Help Mom Find Kidney Rising Monmouth University Senior Is Hoping To Help Mom Find Kidney
Rising Monmouth University Senior Is Hoping To Help Mom Find Kidney Bianca Soricello of Neptune will soon begin her senior at Monmouth University.  While she should be anticipating an awesome year and graduation, she's preparing for the worst, as her mom, Lisa Failla, desperately needs a kidney transplant. Bianca organized this GoFundMe page asking for support. "My mother’s kidney disease has rapidly jumped from stage 4 to a 4.6 and rising." she writes. "She is now looking at dialysis and kidney transplant surgery. In order to avoid dialysis and the decline in her way of life, we are looking for potential live donors to give her a second chance at lif…

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by Jon Craig
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Efforts To Find Kidney For North Jersey Grandma Intensify Efforts To Find Kidney For North Jersey Grandma Intensify
Efforts To Find Kidney For North Jersey Grandma Intensify Several years have passed since a North Jersey man began a tireless campaign to find a kidney donor for his grandmother. But TJ Sullivan isn't giving up. Theresa Labarck, 69, of Wayne "is one of the strongest women I know," said Sullivan, of Saddle Brook. "Her positive attitude and determination to stick around for her family has kept her alive this long." It's also kept Sullivan pursuing all avenues to keep the spotlight on LaBarck -- aka "Mommom" -- who for the past three decades has lived with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). His efforts include a recently-launched GoFundMe campaign to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Share Your Spare': NJ Mom's Kidney Donation Saves Life Of 37-Year-Old Patient 'Share Your Spare': NJ Mom's Kidney Donation Saves Life Of 37-Year-Old Patient
'Share Your Spare': NJ Mom's Kidney Donation Saves Life Of 37-Year-Old Patient Linden's Naava Hess is part of loving family devoted to helping others in need.  She and her husband, Rabbi Joshua Hess, have encouraged their children -- Daniel, Akiva, Esti and Dalia -- to always look for opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others. That opportunity for Naava would ultimately come through living organ donation. “I have a few friends and acquaintances that have been living donors, and it was always something that intrigued me,” said Hess said.  “When there was a member of our synagogue who was in need of a kidney, I signed up for a drive to test t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Firefighting Royalty': NJ Legend Larry Rauch Dies 'Firefighting Royalty': NJ Legend Larry Rauch Dies
'Firefighting Royalty': NJ Legend Larry Rauch Dies He was the very definition of “class act,” a father figure and mentor to a multitude who made protecting others their mission. You couldn't help but love him. “Firefighting royalty” one colleague said Monday after learning that retired veteran fire chief and academy instructor Larry Rauch had died a week and a half shy of his 79th birthday. Rauch, the Bergen County Fire Academy’s head instructor for several decades, fought fires for nearly 50 years in Upper Saddle River. He lived there most of his life before moving to Manchester in 2019 with his beloved wife of 58 years, Sherry, who died…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake COVID-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake
Covid-19 Concerns Block Kidney Transplant For Popular Bergen Baker, Now His Life’s At Stake Franklin Lakes baker Tom Minardi was all set to get the kidney he needs to stay alive when a suspension of elective surgeries in New Jersey in response to the coronavirus pandemic postponed the procedure. Then came word that the donor backed out. A man who has spent his life doing for others now needs a hero of his own. “He was scheduled to have his transplant this spring,” Minardi’s children wrote in a post, “but due to COVID-19, it was put on hold.” “When his hospital began to schedule transplants again, we unexpectedly and sadly got the call that his donor backed out,” they wrote. “He …

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by Jerry DeMarco