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Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO) Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (VIDEO)
Teacher Sings Through Brain Surgery At Jersey Shore Medical Center (Video) Krystina Vied started with some Neil Diamond and ended with the "Moana" soundtrack. No, this wasn't a karaoke bar. This was brain surgery. Vied, a 30-year-old preschool teacher from Keansburg, was diagnosed with epilepsy years ago, but was having breakthrough seizures despite being on anti-seizure medication. An MRI found Vied had a brain tumor, and she was referred to Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at Jersey Shore University Medical Center neuro-oncologist, Shama Farooq, M.D., and Nitesh V Patel, M.D., Co-Director of Neurosurgical Oncology.  Patel, a Jersey City native who c…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
'Miracles for Michael': Community Rallies Around Baby Who Doesn't Give Up 'Miracles for Michael': Community Rallies Around Baby Who Doesn't Give Up
'Miracles for Michael': Community Rallies Around Baby Who Doesn't Give Up Since he was born eight months ago, Michael has been overcoming all obstacles in front of him. The Englewood Cliffs native was born with a brain injury that caused brain bleed, seizures, strokes and brain damage. He was later diagnosed with Hemophilia A.  Despite being given little chance of survival, Michael continues to fight. He has dealt with bacterial meningitis, epilepsy, hydrocephalus and had three brain surgeries. A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up to assist his family as they need to pay for equipment, physical and occupational therapy sessions and hospital bills. As of Fr…

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by Sam Barron
Schools
LAWSUIT: Bergen Dad Says Daughter Was Cut From Volleyball Team Over Seizure Disorder, Bullied LAWSUIT: Bergen Dad Says Daughter Was Cut From Volleyball Team Over Seizure Disorder, Bullied
Lawsuit: Bergen Dad Says Daughter Was Cut From Volleyball Team Over Seizure Disorder, Bullied A Bergen County K-8 district and its principal are facing a lawsuit saying they violated New Jersey's discrimination and any-bullying laws after a student was cut from the volleyball team because of her seizure disorder. Filed Oct. 1 in the county's Superior Court by Justin Puliatte, the suit says the Norwood Public School's volleyball team helped "E.P." feel better about herself in sixth and seventh grades, despite suffering from ADHD, epilepsy, OCD and social anxiety, NJ.com and NorthJersey.com report. In September 2019, though, she was the only eighth grade student who tried out and was …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum
Teen Boy Who Drowned In Raritan Bay Was Reportedly On Autism Spectrum The Perth Amboy community is rallying for the family of a 17-year-old boy who drowned in the Raritan Bay Thursday. A GoFundMe intended to help fund a funeral service for Johnny Vasquez had raised $740 as of Friday afternoon. Vasquez -- who family members said was on the autism spectrum and suffered from epilepsy -- was unconscious when his body was recovered by NYPD divers around 5 p.m. Thursday. He had been in the water for more than two hours after he went missing and was pronounced dead at the hospital, his family told news outlets. A 30-year-old man who jumped in to rescue V…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Sussex County Mom Diana Nutter Dies, 34 Sussex County Mom Diana Nutter Dies, 34
Sussex County Mom Diana Nutter Dies, 34 Longtime Sussex County resident Diana M. Nutter died Friday, June 26. She was 34 years old. Diana served in the U.S. Army after graduating from Vernon Township High School, her obituary says. More than $3,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe in Diana's honor, which says her death was a result of her longtime battle with epilepsy. Diana was predeceased by her father, Robert L. Nutter; and survived by her son, Owen Scott Torppey; her mother, Linda M. Kelly of Vernon; brothers, Michael Kelly, Donald Nutter, Robert Nutter, and Johnathan Kelly of Vernon; and her sister, Patricia Kelly. A memorial…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit
Chemicals In Rutgers Lab Caused Major Seziures, Former Employee Says In Federal Suit A former Rutgers University worker says he was exposed to hazardous chemicals that caused him to have major seizures, according to a federal lawsuit. Jacob Moskowitz claims that Rutgers' chemistry department hired him as a scientific glassblower with no experience in that job. Then he was asked to handle chemicals that he said caused epilepsy and anxiety. One of the hazardous materials was thorium, a radioactive metal found in rocks and soils, according to the suit. Thorium compounds are known to be carcinogenic and caused him to suffer major epileptic seizures, the lawsuit said. Mosk…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Cannabis-Derived Oil Works Wonders For Waldwick Toddler, Mom Says Cannabis-Derived Oil Works Wonders For Waldwick Toddler, Mom Says
Cannabis-Derived Oil Works Wonders For Waldwick Toddler, Mom Says No grass beneath her feet. No shoes either. No loud or sudden noises and minimal stimulation. This was only the beginning of an extensive list of triggers that Waldwick's Chiara Agudelo says sent her 3-year-old daughter, Audrey, into full-blown panic attacks. Agudelo has tried of variety of therapies over the years to address her daughter's sensory processing disorder. In May, she turned to cannabidiol (CBD) oil, an extract from the marijuana plant. "Audrey has been doing phenomenally," the happy mother said. "She lets me brush her hair and braid it. She wants to put shoes o…

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by Cecilia Levine