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Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire
Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire Support is surging for a Bucks County family who lost everything in a "devastating" house fire. The Wednesday, April 20 blaze destroyed the Mandic family house, garage, workshop, and large outbuilding in Springfield Township; and left Mickey, his wife, daughter, and son-in-law without a home, according to a GoFundMe. Mickey Mandic is the sole provider for his family, but his health has forced him to step down. "I unfortunately had to have two major surgeries on my feet due to infections and diabetes. While being treated for these it was also discovered that I am in kidney failure, and am …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Paramedic Seeks Donor For Life-Saving Kidney Transplant Lehigh Valley Paramedic Seeks Donor For Life-Saving Kidney Transplant
Lehigh Valley Paramedic Seeks Donor For Life-Saving Kidney Transplant A paramedic in the Lehigh Valley is reaching out to her community in hopes of finding a kidney donor for a life-saving transplant.  Audrey Parenti, 35, was diagnosed nearly five years ago with chronic kidney disease, a secondary complication of having type one diabetes since childhood, according to a GoFundMe jointly launched by Parenti and Ramona C Ruhf. She is now in end-stage renal failure as a result of the disease's rapid progression, necessitating a life-saving kidney transplant, the fundraiser reads. Despite her medical complications, Parenti "has been working harder …

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor
Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor A dedicated and passionate North Jersey EMT is desperately seeking a kidney donor as he begins dialysis treatments after years of battling chronic disease. Reid Cappel, an Atlantic Health EMT from Harding Township, has been living with one kidney for years after his diagnosis with the chronic disease at age 21, he said. "Growing up I had a lot of stomach issues", said Cappel, according to the Madison NJ PBA. “When I was 21 years old, they found a massive tumor where the other kidney should have been. Luckily it wasn't cancerous, but I've been dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease since the…

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by Valerie Musson
Lifestyle
Life ‘Turned Upside Down’ For Diabetic Morris County Mom Desperate For Kidney Donor — Again Life ‘Turned Upside Down’ For Diabetic Morris County Mom Desperate For Kidney Donor — Again
Life ‘Turned Upside Down’ For Diabetic Morris County Mom Desperate For Kidney Donor — Again A Morris County mom’s life has been “turned upside down” after she said she is desperately searching for a kidney donor for the second time. Debra Kaufman, 60, first developed end-stage renal disease after suffering from a related issue during her pregnancy several years prior. “I developed pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure) and was hospitalized for five weeks prior to delivery,” Kaufman recalled of the 1985 birth of her son, Bryan. “This condition led to end stage renal disease eight years later.” After undergoing several months of dialysis, Kaufman, of Denville, received a kidney donati…

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by Valerie Musson