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Real reason boy struggled to breathe for over half his life

<p dir="ltr">A young boy who from the age of two began to struggle with his breathing must now undergo major surgery after being misdiagnosed by doctors.</p> <p dir="ltr">Marley was just two years old and had a lingering cough, which his parents didn’t think much of until a few years later when it got considerably worse.</p> <p dir="ltr">The young boy was eventually diagnosed with asthma, the treatment for which was expected to help him breathe.</p> <p dir="ltr">Unfortunately, Marley’s condition kept getting worse and his father Jay Enjakovic wanted to get to the bottom of it.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mr Enjakovic explained that his son was playing football and basketball and his health “went downhill pretty quick”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He couldn’t run out his games, coughing a lot more, bringing a lot of food up, bringing water up every time he ate,” the worried father said on <em>The Today Show</em>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Then, together with his wife Skye, the pair were determined to find out what was wrong with their son, who was struggling for more than half his life.</p> <p dir="ltr">The now eight-year-old was in and out of hospitals when his condition turned critical in December 2021.</p> <p dir="ltr">X-rays of Marley’s oesophagus and trachea were done and it was there the family were shocked to be told that their son possibly had tracheoesophageal fistula.</p> <p dir="ltr">Tracheoesophageal fistula is when the oesophagus is connected to the trachea which makes food, drink and saliva enter from the trachea.</p> <p dir="ltr">Doctors were ready to do a surgery on Marley but were unable to due to the inflammation.</p> <p dir="ltr">They then decided to do another X-ray, which is when they were even MORE shocked to see that something was in fact lodged in the young boy’s throat.</p> <p dir="ltr">“A few hours later I received a phone call to meet his surgeon at recovery where they pulled a piece of plastic, an arts and craft plastic flower, from his airway,” Ms Enjakovic said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I honestly couldn’t believe it! This was the whole cause of everything! I was relieved I finally had an answer.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We are unsure how long this price of plastic was lodged in his airway, but my guess is at least five years as that’s when we started noticing small issues, which became worse over time.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The flower has since been removed and Marley is due to undergo further surgery to help repair the airway and oesophagus.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: The Today Show</em></p>

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Lynette’s former colleague “saw bruises” on her throat

<p dir="ltr">Lynette Dawson’s former colleague has claimed she saw bruises on the nurse's throat before she disappeared 40 years ago. </p> <p dir="ltr">Chris Dawson has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Lynette, who went missing from the family home in Sydney's Northern Beaches in January 1982. </p> <p dir="ltr">Annette Leary, Lynette’s former colleague, told the NSW Supreme Court that she had asked Lynette about the bruises on her neck after the pair had attended a couple’s counselling session. </p> <p dir="ltr">"She said that Chris had grabbed her throat and shook her a little and said 'if this doesn't work, I'm getting rid of you...I am only doing it once'," Leary told the court, Nine News reported.</p> <p dir="ltr">A few days after their conversation, Lynette’s contract with the hospital ended following a phone call from Dawson saying she needed time away.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Lyn had gone away, she needed some time out and he didn't know when she was coming back,” centre director Barbara Cruise recalled at court.</p> <p dir="ltr">Cruise told the judges that she was doubtful that Lynette had left on her own accord and looked up her mother’s phone number before raising the alarm. </p> <p dir="ltr">It comes as the former babysitter, who became Dawson's mistress and then his wife, has taken the stand at his murder trial.</p> <p dir="ltr">The woman, who has been known only as JC throughout the high-profile trial, first met Dawson in 1980 when he was her Year 11 sports teacher at Cromer High School.</p> <p dir="ltr">The following year, the teenager had moved in with Dawson, his wife Lynette, and their two children to work as their live-in babysitter.</p> <p dir="ltr">She told the judges that Dawson had driven her to a pub in western Sydney, claiming to have wanted to hire a hitman to kill Lynette. </p> <p dir="ltr">"I went inside to get a hitman to kill Lyn and then I decided I couldn't do it because innocent people could be hurt,” JC said.</p> <p dir="ltr">The conversation was kept private until 1990, when Dawson and JC split - she rejects claims that she made it up during the divorce and custody battle. </p> <p dir="ltr">The trial continues. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Nine News</em></p>

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Police release footage of the moment a cop grabbed a female officer by the throat

<p dir="ltr">A Florida police officer is under investigation after he was caught on video grabbing a fellow officer by the throat.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sergeant Christopher Pullease of the Sunrise Police Department was caught on bodycam footage attacking the 28-year-old officer after she tried to pull him away from a handcuffed suspect. The incident took place outside a convenience store on November 19.</p> <p dir="ltr">The incident took place when Pullease and several other officers were arresting a man for aggravated battery after he had hit people outside the Shop &amp; Save convenience store. Body camera footage, released just last week, showed Pullease walking up to the suspect as officers were attempting to get him into the police car. He then allegedly leaned into the car, pulled out his pepper spray, and aimed it at the suspect as he spoke to him.</p> <p dir="ltr">The female officer ran over and tugged on Pullease’s belt in an attempt to get him away from the suspect. The footage then shows Pullease turning around, grabbing her neck, and shoving her against another patrol car. The video does not include audio.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sunrise Police Chief Anthony Rosa described Pullease’s behaviour as “disgusting”, and said that he escalated what should have been an otherwise calm situation. He added, “I find it to be inappropriate and unprofessional, because what he did is he escalated the situation when calm was actually required.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Rosa went on to praise the female officer, who has only been with the department for two and a half years, for stepping in. He said, “I’m very proud of this police officer. She took some definitive action. I can only imagine what she must be feeling. She’s a newer officer, and he’s a very senior sergeant.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Pullease has been assigned to desk work amid an ongoing investigation, and no charges have yet been filed against him.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Sunrise Police Department</em></p>

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Eddie Van Halen dies from throat cancer

<p>Eddie Van Halen, legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen, has died at the age of 65 from throat cancer.</p> <p>He lost his battle with the illness on Tuesday at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.</p> <p>His wife of 11 years, Janie, was by his side as well as his brother and Van Halen drummer Alex and his son Wolfgang.</p> <p>Doctors discovered that his throat cancer had moved to his brain and other organs in the last week.</p> <p>Wolfgang, 29, shared a touching post and announced the news on social media of his father's passing.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGA4YQmlmSr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGA4YQmlmSr/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning. He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss. I love you so much, Pop.</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/wolfvanhalen/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Wolf Van Halen</a> (@wolfvanhalen) on Oct 6, 2020 at 12:26pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>"He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift," Wolfgang wrote as he was the bassist for Van Halen.</p> <p>"My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.</p> <p>"I love you so much, Pop," he wrote.</p> <p>Eddie had been fighting throat cancer for more than a decade, after first confirming his initial diagnosis back in 2001.</p> <p>In the last five years, he had been travelling between the US and Germany for radiation treatment.</p> <p>Van Halen was formed by brothers Eddie and Alex in 1972 and quickly shot to fame by the early 1980s, with their album <em>1984</em> going five-times platinum.</p> <p>Eddie also performed the legendary guitar solo in Michael Jackson's hit <em>Beat It</em>, though at the time did it uncredited and as a favour to producer Quincy Jones.</p> <p>“I did it as a favour”, Eddie later admitted. “I was a complete fool, according to the rest of the band, our manager and everyone else.</p> <p>“I was not used. I knew what I was doing – I don’t do something unless I want to do it.”</p>

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Disturbing footage of man grabbing “teenage girl by throat” surfaces

<p><span>Disturbing footage of the horrifying moment a teenage girl was allegedly slammed to the ground during a fight outside of a Woolworths store front has surfaced.<br /></span></p> <p><strong><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7836752/woolies-brawl-4.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/b140c9c15b9c4e6689295685e417e833" /></strong><br /><span>An intense brawl broke out at Chirnside Park shopping centre on the Maroondah Highway in Melbourne's north east on Saturday morning, and video footage captured showed two men allegedly holding the young girl by just the scruff of her neck before tossing her to the ground.</span><br /><br /><span>The footage also shows a teenage boy rushing into the brawl to attack them, and is allegedly seen throwing wild jabs at the men before also being knocked down to the ground.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7836751/woolies-brawl-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d0101e48c7144dadb89cf322e8e98c27" /><br /><span>A knife is also seen in the video, and is swiftly collected by the teenage girl while she was sprawled out on the floor.</span><br /><br /><span>“Leave the knife! Drop the knife!” a bystander can be heard yelling in the video as the men continue their scuffle outside of the frame.</span><br /><br /><span>Yarra Ranges Crime Investigation Unit have charged four people with affray following the incident.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7836750/woolies-brawl-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/21132253307749ce8e80e94959be400c" /><br /><br /><span>“It’s alleged the altercation occurred between two small groups who are known to each other,” Victoria Police said in a statement.</span><br /><br /><span>A 19-year-old man and 18-year-old woman from Croydon were both charged at the scene.</span><br /><br /><span>A 42-year-old Croydon man and 44-year-old Lilydale man were charged the following day.</span><br /><br /><span>The 42-year-old Croydon man was treated in hospital for non-life threatening facial injuries.</span><br /><br /><span>All four were granted bail and will appear in Ringwood Magistrates Court on October 1.</span></p>

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"I miss to be hugged": Celine Dion's emotional confession

<p>Award-winning singer Celine Dion has confirmed that she’s still “not ready to date” after her husband <span>René's</span> passing back in 2016.</p> <p>Dion sat down with NBC’s Sheinelle Jones on the<span> </span><em>TODAY</em><span> </span>show and admitted that she pours herself into her work and a new tour instead of dating.</p> <p>“I don't date,” Dion said matter-of-factly.</p> <p>“I'm not ready to date. I'm very lucky and happy to have so many people in my surrounding to make me — they make me laugh, but I miss to be touched.”</p> <p>Dion also said that she misses being “hugged”.</p> <p>“I miss to be hugged. I missed to be told "you're beautiful." I miss what a boyfriend and I miss what a husband would do.'”</p> <p>Dion also recalled her last conversation with her husband of more than 12 years back in 2016.</p> <p>“He called me before a show and give me a little message: ‘I love you’ and when I came home that night, it was very, very late ... And I didn't want to come and wake him up to give him a kiss, to wake him up and then he can't find sleep again. </p> <p>“And the next morning, he was gone. So, we talked before. And he sent me a text message. So we said goodbye.'”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BPO3dQkgotI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BPO3dQkgotI/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Il y a un an, le 14 janvier 2016, René Angélil nous quittait. Son souvenir reste à jamais gravé dans nos cœurs. Today, January 14th, it’s been a year since René left us. He will always be in our hearts. -Team Céline ❤</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/celinedion/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Céline Dion</a> (@celinedion) on Jan 13, 2017 at 9:01pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Despite Dion focusing on the love and support of her close friends and her three children, she still finds things difficult.</p> <p>“This is my first English album without René,' she said. 'When I say without René, without René physically, because René will always be part of me.”</p> <p>“Before I talk, he goes through my mind,” she said. 'Would he do that? Is it too edgy? Would he be like approving that?’ I believed in him so much. And I still do. </p> <p>“But there's a point that he's not here anymore. I have to take charge of my life.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see Celine Dion, her late husband René and their three children through the years.</p>

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