Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Lifestyle
Community Rallies To Aid Family Of Norwood 3rd Grader, Mom In Horrific Harrington Park Crash Community Rallies To Aid Family Of Norwood 3rd Grader, Mom In Horrific Harrington Park Crash
Community Rallies To Aid Family Of Norwood 3rd Grader, Mom In Horrific Harrington Park Crash The community is rallying around a Norwood third grader and her mother after they were involved in a horrific head-on crash in Harrington Park earlier this week. A GoFundMe account was established to help the three younger siblings of 8-year-old Glori Lee, who suffered bleeding on the brain and severe spinal injuries in Wednesday morning's crash. Sarah Lee, 34, was driving a 2016 Honda Odyssey that for some reason crossed the double-yellow line on Old Hook Road and struck a westbound 2016 Toyota Highlander head-on just before 7 a.m. Wednesday. A 74-year-old Englewood man who was …

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by Cecilia Levine
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever
Medicaid Won't Cover Closter Boy With Brain Injury When He Needs It More Than Ever Jax of Closter has a brain injury and cerebral palsy. He has been under continuous medical supervision since the day he was born. The 4-year-old goes to therapy five days a week, is on daily medication, sees two doctors a month but still is turned down for Medicaid coverage because he is not disabled enough. Jax has a surgery next month that will cost the family $15,000 -- even though they are already in extreme medical debt, Claudio Giustino explained on a GoFundMe page for Bella Karacsony, Jax's mom. The page had raised more than $1,300 as of Thursday evening with a goal of $20,000. &qu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
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'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit 'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit
'Life Is Precious': Paramus Woman Recovers From Brain Injury With CrossFit Life can change in an instant. It did for Kelly Ann Woods of Paramus in 2012 when she slipped and fell on ice. Only months later was she diagnosed with a concussion and spinal fluid leak.  The accident to Woods is a red line that divides her life in two, but her fierce determination to finish any task at hand -- whether it's recovery or a workout at CrossFit The Rack located inside of Gold's Gym in Paramus -- remained constant. "When you go through a life-altering accident you really gain perspective on what matters most," said Woods, 31, an infrastructure architect for UPS in M…

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by Cecilia Levine