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.
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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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