Sunday, May 19, 2013
Baker Elementary School students and staff remembered the 7-year-old, who passed away in January, with a day of fun and togetherness.
Sean Fischel Day at Baker Elementary School couldn't have gone better if Sean had planned it himself. Hundreds of students and their teachers, clad in T-shirts (donated by Campbell's Soup) bearing Sean's logo—an "S" connecting two links in a chain—sang, danced and, most importantly, came together for a day held in the late boy's honor Friday. Sean, 7, passed away in January following a months-long battle with HLH, a rare autoimmune disorder. His death hit students and staff at Baker hard. But they celebrated his life Friday, which is just what Sean would have wanted. "This is what Sean likes. This is what he's all about," said his mother, Kim. Students danced and sang along to a DJ, and paraded around behind the school with the Baker …
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Also, find out when the Swede Run barn restoration might be finished and which local business owner gave a helping hand to a community project on Main Street.
Baker Elementary School students and staff remembered the 7-year-old, who passed away in January, with a day of fun and togetherness. Lori Stilley admitted she faked terminal cancer for months, accepting thousands of dollars in cash, free meals and even a free wedding at the Moorestown Community House. Township manager Scott Carew says the field will be open—at least temporarily—for this weekend's big lacrosse festival. With only two minor pieces of the project left to complete, the restoration is slated to be finished this summer. Supporters need roughly $200,000 to build the pocket park on Main Street. They got a big boost Tuesday. Thomas Bernhardt was an instructor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. A service was held …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Students and staff at Baker Elementary School will hold Sean Fischel Day Friday, to honor the memory of the 7-year-old who died of an autoimmune disorder in January.
After her 7-year-old son, Sean, died earlier this year, Kim Fischel hoped that through his death, the people he knew, the people who were touched by his story, would come to see life the way she saw it. "There’s an ultimate reason why this happened. I may never know what it is. But I think Sean’s love is living on in everybody," she said. "From the beginning, I wanted Sean to be remembered through the connectivity he's allowed me to see and everyone else to see." Sean's former classmates and teachers at Baker Elementary School will try to live that message Friday, with a day dedicated to his memory. Baker principal Shelly Rowe said Sean's death—the end result of a months-long battle with HLH, a rare autoimmune disorder—hit the students and…
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
An autoimmune disease took Sean Fischel from his family too soon. Now they're doing everything they can to ensure his memory, and his spirit, lives on.
Seven-year-old Sean Fischel was always smiling. Even when he was laid up in a hospital bed, clinging desperately to life, he found a way to appreciate life and the love around him. Sean died earlier this year after a long battle with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare autoimmune disorder. Sean's family is participating in genetic studies at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), vowing not to let their son's death be in vain by helping other children who suffer from HLH. In a series published earlier this week on Patch, we brought you their story. In case you missed it, here it is, in three parts: 'His Body Couldn't Keep Up with His Spirit' 'Tremendous Fighter, Little Angel' Defies Odds Against Rare Disease 'Sean's…
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Seven-year-old Sean Fischel, of Moorestown, lost his battle against hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, but leaves behind a legacy of love.
This is the last of a three-part series about Sean Fischel. Read Part I here and Part II here. Searching for meaning Somewhere in those 100 days, a fungal infection crept into Sean Fischel’s body—probably through one of his chest tubes, his mother, Kim, says. The infection, and the resultant complications, eventually led to Sean’s death. HLH is often treated with the same medications as cancer—chemotherapy, steroids—to suppress the immune response, explains Dr. Kim Nichols, a pediatric oncologist and HLH expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). However, these treatments often increase the patient’s susceptibility to infection, which is why more research is so vital. Unfortunately, because it’s so rare, there is little funding…
Though it ended in tragedy, 7-year-old Sean Fischel's fight against hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) inspired everyone around him.
This is the second of a three-part series about Sean Fischel. Click on the links to read Part I and Part III. 100 Days There’s no getting around it: The details of Sean Fischel’s battle against HLH are truly agonizing, a horror story of child illness and parental heartbreak. After more than a month at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in order to stave off further infection, doctors amputated both of Sean’s legs below the knee and nearly all of his fingers, which had become necrotic and hard to the touch, says his mother, Kim, as she raps her hand on the coffee table for effect. Sean should have been building forts in the woods with his older brother, Connor, or riding their bikes through the neighborhood, or playing street…
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sean Fischel, of Moorestown, died at the age of 7 of a rare disorder. His family and his doctors are determined to make sure his death was not in vain.
Even when he was getting pinned to the mat in one of his wrestling matches, Sean Fischel had a smile on his face, his two big front teeth—knocked out at the age of 2 when he tripped and fell while chasing his older brother—peeking out from behind his thin upper lip. Admittedly, Sean was not the best wrestler. “He didn’t have that drive to go pin somebody,” says his mother, Kim, seated on the edge of the couch in an office inside her Moorestown home. “Sean was kind of more about being happy and just having fun with it.” A few feet away, a trifold posterboard sits upright on the floor with photos of Sean glued to it, his smile beaming out of every one. On the other side of the room, his death certificate lays on top of a stack of papers. …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Hundreds of people filled the Moorestown High School gym for the Sean Fischel Memorial Wrestling Tournament.
Sean Fischel never cared much about whether he was winning or losing his wrestling matches—he just wanted to have fun. But he was definitely a winner Friday night. Hundreds of people gathered inside the Moorestown High School athletic center Friday for a wrestling tournament held in Sean's honor. The tiny 7-year-old—who always had a smile on his face, according to those who knew him—died last month after losing a long battle with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), an extremely rare immune system disorder. Ed Nice, president of the Grapevine Youth Wrestling League, of which Sean was a member,organized the tournament in the boy's honor. All the proceeds went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Sean's mother, Kimberley Muse …
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
A tournament to honor the memory of the 7-year-old Moorestown boy, who died from a rare disorder last month, will be held Friday at the high school.
The Moorestown Youth Wrestling team will host a charity tournament Friday in Sean Fischel's memory, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The 7-year-old Moorestown boy died last month after losing a long battle with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), an extremely rare immune system disorder. Sean was a member of the youth wrestling team. Coach Ed Nice described him as, "A great little kid ... He was always smiling. It didn't matter if he was winning or losing, he always had a smile." After Sean's passing, support poured in from all across the region, Nice said, with a number of other youth wrestling teams making donations in Sean's memory. The Marlton team just recently made a $1,…
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10:45 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Connor is doing ok. His issue is not as serious as Sean's HLH, Connor has ITP. It has keep him out of contact sports so the family has had him on a swim team to keep him active. He should grow out of it. They are just waiting for his platelets to rise back to their normal levels. more ›