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My Mom Was Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Then She Got Better.
“Somehow, my mom had fallen through the cracks of a fragmented medical system, which failed her—and then saved her,” writes Sean Fischer for The Free Press. (VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)
My family experienced a miracle last year. It began with a tragedy.
By Sean Fischer
01.04.25 — The Big Read
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‘Are you going to tell them or should I?’

Mom said nothing.

It was early June of 2022, a few months after my eldest brother’s wedding, and my family had gathered for lunch in Brooklyn, near the apartment he had just moved into with his wife. My parents had organized the meal after realizing there was a rare weekend all three of their sons would be in New …

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Sean Fischer
Sean Fischer is Bari Weiss's Chief of Staff. He was previously a fellow at the Hertog Foundation and is a recent graduate of Brown University, where he studied religion and founded a civil discourse organization.
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