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Lehigh Valley Community Rallies For Beloved 12-Year-Old Girl Battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Lehigh Valley Community Rallies For Beloved 12-Year-Old Girl Battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Lehigh Valley Community Rallies For Beloved 12-Year-Old Girl Battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma The Lehigh Valley community is coming together to support a beloved 12-year-old girl undergoing a brave fight against Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Emily FaRannte of Hellertown was just like any other girl her age. From the soccer field to the dance studio, Emily had countless passions, Hellertown Borough says in a Facebook post. But when Emily started feeling shoulder pain in May, a number of doctor appointments determined the cause to be a mass called Primary Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma (Non-Hodgkins). Several grueling medical tests later, Emily was admitted to the Children’s Hospital o…

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by Valerie Musson
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Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (VIDEO) Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (VIDEO)
Young NJ Baseball Player Battling Cancer Gets Holiday Surprise From 'Phillies' (Video) A young New Jersey baseball player battling cancer got a one-of-a-kind surprise from the Philadelphia Phillies this week. Marlton baseball player and major Phillies fan Toby Mizrachi, 10, was recently diagnosed with B cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and started chemotherapy treatment at the CHOP over Hanukkah. Toby’s favorite team worked alongside the Marlton community to arrange a pep rally parade with his travel team, friends and fifth-grade classmates on Thursday. We recently learned that one of our biggest fans, Toby Mizrachi, is undergoing cancer treatment during what should be... Po…

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by Valerie Musson
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COVID-19 Strains Family Of Hawthorne Girl, 8, Fighting Cancer COVID-19 Strains Family Of Hawthorne Girl, 8, Fighting Cancer
Covid-19 Strains Family Of Hawthorne Girl, 8, Fighting Cancer The community is rallying for an 8-year-old Hawthorne girl whose cancer battle became even more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than $15,500 had been raised as of Monday morning on a GoFundMe to help the Posada family. Stephany Posada was vacationing with her family in Myrtle Beach last summer when she collapsed in their hotel room. She was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.  Stephany began chemotherapy in South Carolina immediately. After four long weeks, Stephany was stable enough…

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by Cecilia Levine
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An Irish Wake During A Modern Plague: How COVID-19 Denied Heartbroken Family A Proper Goodbye An Irish Wake During A Modern Plague: How COVID-19 Denied Heartbroken Family A Proper Goodbye
An Irish Wake During A Modern Plague: How Covid-19 Denied Heartbroken Family A Proper Goodbye Coronavirus didn't exist when Eileen Callaghan of Bergenfield was diagnosed  with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last fall. It was here in full force, though, when her daughters recently had to leave the 88-year-old Irish family matriarch at the ER door. One of them, Bridget Callaghan-Kane, wrote about her family's experience with their mom's subsequent death "and the world we find ourselves living in at this time in history." An Irish Wake During A Modern Plague Anyone with a drop of Irish blood knows what an Irish wake is, the going-away party that was thrown for an Irish man or woman…

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by Bridget Callaghan-Kane