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Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle
Brain Infection Plagues Paterson Teacher Amid Cancer Battle After battling leukemia, braving multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and receiving a life-saving stem cell transplant from an anonymous donor, Emily Setteducato thought her medical woes were over.  The 28-year-old Paterson elementary school teacher had left the hospital, returned to the classroom, celebrated a birthday, and was back to planning a future with her long-time boyfriend, Will.  But now, the Saddle Brook woman is battling an infection in her brain, complicated by a weakened immune system still reeling from her cancer treatment, her sister Jackie Griffin writes in a GoFundM…

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by Mac Bullock
Neighbors
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Friends and family of a 27-year-old Belleville mother are raising funds on her behalf after she suffered a stroke that left her unable to work and pay for medical treatment.  Delilah Crespo is now blind in one eye, has lost use of one leg and has speech problems. Unable to work and not eligible for disability having just recently started a job, Crespo can't afford physical therapy her doctors say is necessary for her recovery.  "No one knows the full effect that this stroke will have on her. So we need to act fast to get her the help she needs," organizers of a GoFundMe campaign w…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Community Rallies For Single, Selfless Morristown Mom Battling Stage 3 Breast Cancer Community Rallies For Single, Selfless Morristown Mom Battling Stage 3 Breast Cancer
Community Rallies For Single, Selfless Morristown Mom Battling Stage 3 Breast Cancer The community is rallying around a single mom from Morristown who was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. More than $3,200 had been raised for Beldry Brito as of Wednesday afternoon on a GoFundMe launched by her colleague, Heather Barresse. Barresse described Brito as an "amazingly strong" mom to her two-year-old son. " She has already started treatments and is somehow still pushing through work to ensure her son is well taken care of," the page says. Beldry BritoGOFUNDME "Our goal is to make sure that she can be as comfortable as possible while handling che…

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by Cecilia Levine