Boy, 8, coughs for FIVE years before doctors find toy logged in his throat

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An 8-year-old boy named Marley Enjakovic has spent five long years struggling to breath properly. His parents took him to a bunch of doctors who ran a bunch of tests, and all they could say was that this boy suffered from allergies and even astma, thus he was given medications for those conditions.

Sadly, his breathing didn’t improve. On the contrary, he kept coughing without stopping and couldn’t do any sports because of that.

As his symptoms only worsened in the period of five years, since he first started experiencing them, he was one day urgently admitted to the ICU. It was then that doctors discovered what was causing the coughing. Apparently, Marley swallowed a plastic toy, a tiny flower, that got stuck in his throat and stayed there for five long years. He was operated on and doctors managed to take the arts-and-crafts plastic flower out.

The boy’s mother, Skye, said her son had started to have coughing fits while he ate but as time went on he coughed ‘for hours upon hours’ and ‘it was getting scary.’

When they finally learned what caused Marley’s severe breathing problems, his family was shocked but relieved at the same time.

“I was absolutely shocked. but also really relieved, to be honest, because out of all these years I finally had an answer,” mom Skye said.

“My main concern at that point in time was that he was actually born with that condition.”

“Because if he was born with it, he would have had other issues. To know it was caused by a foreign body, it was a slight bit of relief for me.

“My message to other parents is that if you feel like there is something wrong, just keep pushing for it. 

“I am so glad I did because it means I have him today.”

We are so happy everything turned out for the best for this sweet boy and he can finally live his life to the fullest.

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Woman gets $2,500 fine for bringing half-eaten sandwich from Singapore to Australia – ‘I didn’t think I’d done anything wrong’

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How much money are you willing to pay for a sandwich? We all know all too well that this fast-food speciality is many people’s favorite, and that includes a woman named Jessica Lee from Australia. Little did this woman know, however, that her half-eaten Subway sandwich would cost her $2,534.

If you wonder how this is even possible, stay with us and hear this woman’s story.

As it turns out, Lee was taking a flight from Singapore to Australia when she felt like having something to eat. So, she got herself a sandwich while transiting through Changi Airport. She ate half of it and decided to keep the other half in case she got hungry again. What happened next is crazy, to say the least.

Exhausted and eager to get back home, she totally forgot about her sandwich. So, the moment she landed in Australia, she was given a A$2,664 (S$2,534) fine because according to the Australian Border Force, food items brought into Australia have to be declared on one’s incoming passenger card and they might also be inspected by biosecurity officers.

Passengers who fail to declare or make false declaration may face a fine of up to A$2,664 for breaching the Biosecurity Act, a spokesperson for the the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Australia told News.com.au and added that “All meat products and vegetables must be declared on the Incoming Passenger Card,” calling it a legal declaration.

The spokesperson explained that passenger are reminded of this by the messages printed all over the airports.

Lee, however, said she didn’t feel like she did anything wrong.

Apparently, the problem with Lee’s half-eaten sandwich was that it contained lettuce, which is fresh produce.

Once she shared a video in which she spoke of the incident on TikTok, it vent viral and many believed she didn’t deserve to be fined. Lee on the other hand admitted that it was an oversight on her part and said, “I am very aware this is my mistake and I do take ownership, I am paying the fine. Just an emotional video.” 

As the story went viral, it reached to Subway Australia after someone tagged them in the comments and just days latter, the company “worked magic” and sent Lee a package containing a A$2,664 (S$2,534) gift card, along with some Subway merchandise.

“We hope this covers your chicken and lettuce needs,” the company wrote.

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‘Jesse’ from ‘Free Willy’ is now 42 years old and still works as an actor

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Free Willy became a high-grossing film widely loved by the audience, and the reasons for that were plenty. This masterpiece, which turned into a classic, taught us all about love, friendship, and the underwater world. At the same time, it raised awareness of wild animals held in captivity, thus melted the hearts of millions of people worldwide. The film grew into a franchise, with a television series and two sequels.

The role of the orphaned boy, Jesse, who befriended the orca was played by child actor Jason James Richter.

This young boy turned into a star almost overnight and received plenty of awards, including the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film.

Speaking of the enormous success and the celeb status he earned, Richter told IconvsIcon in 2018, ”I had no clue. It was my first film and I never had any idea of if it would be a success or not. It was amazing to make! Like I said, it was my first film and when you are a kid, you don’t see any of the ugly stuff that happens on set and it’s a positive experience. Everybody who worked on that movie was great and I have totally fond memories of them.”

With his mom being an actress herself, it was natural for Richter to follow into her footsteps. He was never forced into anything, acting was simply something he loved and dreamed of ever since he was just a child. “I’ve been watching these people do this. I know all these words, so I could do that too!” he recalled telling his mom one day.

When he auditioned for the role of Jesse, there were around 4000 children his age who wanted it as well. But Richter was something special. Producer Lauren Shuler-Donner, who cast the unknown Richter, said in 1995, “He’s a young Steve McQueen.”

Meeting Keiko, the orca which played Willy, for the first time was something Richter could never forget. “You don’t see the danger. At 11 years old, you’re just like, ‘Oh my God, a whale! That’s amazing! This will be awesome!’ Had I been 17, I might have been like, ‘Hey, this thing is going to bite my hand off,’ but when you’re 11 you’re just like, ‘Oh, wow. Cool. Let me touch it,’” Richter told Daily Beast in 2013.

Once the movie was released, millions of people donated to the Save the Whales Foundation, whose number was shown on the credits list, and $20 million were raised.

Richter, who became a teen star, moved on to other projects, including guest appearances on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” “Rugrats” and “The Client.”

However, after appearing in Free Willy 3: The Rescue, he decided to leave Hollywood because he felt that he needed a break. He was 18 at the time.

Richter turned to music and performed with various bands before joining Fermata as a bassist.

However, as years went by, he felt nostalgic about acting and guest-starred on “Bones” and ”Criminal Minds.”

In 2013, Richter had his directorial debut with the short film “The Quiet Loud.” He loves working behind the cameras as much as he wants to be in front of it.

In 2017, the actor landed a role in “Last Rampage,” an American crime drama film. Most recently, he starred in “The Little Things,” and “Last Call.”

Richter, who is now 42 years old, runs a podcast together with Dustin Burford, “The Richter Scale,” where they discuss ”random crap from around the world.” He has a net worth of $500,000.

Reaching stardom as such a young age isn’t always easy, but Richer did know how to handle his fame and is still doing what he loves, and that’s being part of the film industry.

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Nobody recognizes her now – After her son’s passing terrible days followed for the great actress

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Building a career in the world of film and reaching stardom didn’t come easy for actress Linda Gray, who portrayed the legendary role of Sue Ellen Ewing in the hit show Dallas.

In fact, this woman’s life has been filled with both excitement and a number of obstacles, as well as a personal tragedy that changed her forever.

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Raised in Culver City, California, Linda was given the chance to spend a bunch of time around the filming studios and it was something she loved. At the same time, she imagined herself working at those places and that’s how she knew she wanted to become an actress.

Linda’s father was a cold person, but he always supported her dreams. Her mother on the other hand was a heavy alcoholic who was under the influence most of the time.

Not surprisingly, Linda didn’t have it easy growing up around her mom.

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After starring in commercials and landing minor roles, Linda finally got her big breakthrough with the classic TV series Dallas. She appeared in total of 308 episodes and played alongside Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy.

Linda, who is a recipient of two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, went through a personal tragedy in 2020 when she lost her son Jeff Thrasher, who followed into her footsteps and opted for a career in the film industry where he worked as a director and producer. His most recent project was The Junior Chef Showdown, a Canadian reality cooking competition television series, which premiered in 2020 on Food Network Canada.

Among the rest, Jeff worked on the production of the shows The Amazing Race Canada and Canada’s Smartest Person. He directed Furze World Wonders in 2017.

Linda had a hard time coping with the loss. Shortly after his passing, she posted a tribute on the social media, writing, “A celebration of my son Jeff’s life. He was the kindest, funniest, sweetest human being….. he brought the world such love and was loved by everyone! May his journey be a magical one.”

Ever since Jeff’s passing, she wasn’t seen in the public often. Recently, however, she was spotted walking a cart with her glasses on and a visibly aged face. It is obvious that the tragedy took its toll when it comes to how she feels and looks like.

Linda, who will be 82 this year, lives a quiet life in the Valencia suburbs of California, where she owns a farm.

We are so very sorry for Linda Gray’s loss.

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Pizza delivery guy gets a huge surprise from complete strangers

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The kindness we offer to others might feel insignificant to us, but to those who receive it, it can mean the world. What we should never forget is that every kind deed, no matter how big or small, always goes a long way.

Jeff Lous has quite a story to share. This 22-year-old man had a hard time staying away from drugs, but he eventually managed to turn his life around. He found a job and decided he no longer wanted to depend on his parents’ money.

On most days, Jeff starts working at around 12 p.m., but one particular day, he was asked to start work earlier. He was told that he was about to deliver an order to the Life Point Church. What confused him a bit was that he was asked to enter the church and personally deliver the pizza to the priest. Although he found the request strange, he agreed.

What Jeff didn’t know was that he was about to get a huge surprise from people he has never met.

In a touching video he shared on YouTube, Jeff could be heard saying that a wonderful thing happened to him. With tears of joy running down his cheeks, he explained how the members of the church lined up to tip him. He received $700. He simply couldn’t believe that complete strangers could step in for him in such manner.

Needless to say, his video has been seen by thousands of people who said that it was obvious his words of gratitude were genuine. He wasn’t afraid to show his happiness.

Being in the middle of a process of recovery from drug abuse, this gesture meant the world to this young man.

“I’ve been going through a hard time lately, trying to make a living. I’m amazed to see that people who don’t know me wanted to help me at all costs!” Jeff concluded.

Many people commented on the video because they felt the urge to send Jeff best wishes. “Hope you get clean and turn your life around man. Wishing you nothing but the very best,” one person wrote, while another added, “Stay clean my friend, join that church. God wants you there.”

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Daycare teacher leaves a spiteful note in 5-year-old’s lunch box

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Francesca Esdon is a loving and caring mom of a five-year-old boy named Kyler. She loves her boy to the moon and back and makes sure she reminds him of that every single day.

One day, before she left him at the Rocking Horse Daycare Center in Texas, she placed a note inside his lunch box which asked from the staff to remind Kyer that his mom is thinking about him and that she loves him.

Seeing the note, Kyler’s teacher decided to write a comment on it. But it wasn’t a nice one. On the contrary, the words she decided to put on Francesca’s note were disrespectful and hurtful, to say the least.

With a black thick ink, the teacher wrote: “No, put him on a diet and go away!” as an answer to Francesca’s message to her boy.

When she picked Kyler up from daycare and took a look at the note, Francesca was in disbelief. She couldn’t possibly understand how could a teacher write such a mean comment.

The following day, she asked to talk to the principal and explained how her feelings were hurt by the teacher’s message. Further, she alerted them of the teacher’s Facebook profile which contained references to drugs, alcohol, and other inappropriate content. 

Eventually, the teacher was fired, but Francesca didn’t receive an apology.

Speaking to ABC7 News, this mother explained how she didn’t feel like her son was safe at the daycare so she decided to send him to another one.

For more on the story and how Francesca feeled about the spiteful note go to the video below.

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Mom’s belly won’t stop growing, people don’t believe her when she says how many babies are inside

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Because of one reason or another, many people believe that they have the right to judge others without ever trying to walk a mile in their shoes.

Most times, the negative comments we make about others cause pain and affect their self-esteem, but are we really aware of that?

Eliana Rodriguez, who had a daughter, was expecting her second bundle of joy. She and her husband were over the moon.

In anticipation of holding her baby in her arms, Eliana decided to document her journey by posting plenty of photos of herself and her bump on the social media. She was eager to show her friends and followers how her pregnancy was going, but instead, she faced hard times because of what people had to say of her appearance while pregnant.

One thing was certain, her belly was pretty unique and unlike any other belly most people have ever seen.

For one, her stomach was quite big which made many assume that she was in fact carrying twins or ever triplets. Many even advised her to go and check whether doctors missed spotting another baby.

People said things like, “You are huge” “Why does her stomach look like that?” “Omg it was just one baby???????” and “It’s like she doesn’t have ANY stomach muscles to support the weight of the baby.”

Many assumed that she had a hard time dealing with her big belly and said she looked “too fat.”

“Never seen [someone’s] pregnancy belly get this way unless there was twins!!!” one person wrote, while another said: “I have [never] seen anyone able to lift their baby like that in their tummy.”

All these comments interfered with this mom’s excitement. She just couldn’t believe that some people could be so mean. “I was so excited that I wanted to share—we had been trying for a second baby and hoping for a boy and I am an open person,” she told Today.

The truth is that every belly out there that carries a souls inside is a beautiful one. Even if some of them are a bit bigger that we are all used to seeing, or they have a strange form, you never tell an expecting mother that her baby bump is not appealing.

Eliana tried to explain that her belly was in fact a normal size according to doctors, considering she measures 4’11” with a short torso.

“I was never rude back,” Rodriguez explained. “I’d answer, ‘Yes, I am huge and it’s hard.’”

Once she shared how she felt regarding the comments, many took their time to cheer her up with some lovely words of support.

“Twins or not twins no one should harshly judge, or negatively comment about a woman’s pregnant belly… different women are built differently,” one Instagram user wrote.

“It’s SO annoying. I’ve noticed people say this to almost every pregnant woman… There’s a whole baby in there, what do they expect,” another person wrote in Eliana’s defense.

Speaking to 7Life, this mom said, “Pregnancy can come in all shapes and sizes, it’s something we cannot control, and to have someone say I look gross is shocking especially from another woman.” She then added, “As women we should uplift and empower each other, not the opposite. Pregnancy is a beautiful journey and such a special moment.”

There were some concerns that Eliana had polyhydramnios, a condition with too much amniotic fluid around the baby during pregnancy. However, after running some tests, doctors assured her she didn’t really have the condition. “They did check the amount of fluids and checked the baby’s size,” she said.

When the time finally came for Eliana’s son to be born she was taken to the Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center.

Things seemed perfect at first, but then, all of a sudden, the baby’s heart rate dropped and doctors prepared her for C-section. However, ones in the operating room, the heart rates got back to normal and Eliana gave birth naturally after only two pushes.

”I prayed so much.. I felt God’s presence. Yes it was a scary moment seeing about 9 people rush to get me prepped for surgery, I saw Cesar almost break down in tears.. but I took a deep breath and remained calm because it is HE our God who is always in control,” Eliana explained.

”He basically slipped out on his own! It was absolutely perfect! God is so good! I’ve been in so much gratitude and enjoying every moment. This experience was one for the books,” the proud mom said.

The baby was born healthy and weighter 8.3 pounds.

Congratulations on the new addition to your family, Eliana.

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Remember Julia Stiles? This is why you don’t hear so much about her anymore

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Few actors and actresses can say their roles made history in one way or another. Actress Julia Stiles can definitely be proud of how her role as Kat Stratford in the hit rom-com 10 Things I Hate About You changed the way people saw young women. For once, 20 something year olds were portrayed as totally independent. The character of Kat was one of the few alternative intelligent and feminist characters in the era of teenage romantic comedies.

Speaking of it, Stiles said, “If I had even a small part in that evolution of confidence in women, I’m really happy.”

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This movie which stole the hearts of millions of people from every corner of the Earth and helped Stiles rise to stardom wasn’t the actress’s first film ever. In fact, she started acting at the age of 11. Being born to creative and academic parents who installed in her the love for the theater, it didn’t come as a surprise that she had aspirations to find her place under the Hollywood’s sky.

When she turned 15, Stiles got a role in I Love You, I Love You Not where she starred alongside Claire Danes and Jude Law. However, it wasn’t until she landed the role of Kat Stratford, a high-school senior who loves indie rock and feminist prose and hates conformity that pretty much everyone learned about Julia Stiles.

Julia had competition from dignitaries such as Kate Hudson, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Kirsten Dunst, but she was determined to get the role because she knew it fitted her perfectly. “The reason that I wanted that part so badly was because I thought it was so refreshing, seeing a teenage girl be feisty and opinionated and be a fish out of water, but proudly [so],” she told InStyle in 2009.

She starred opposite Heath Ledger and their on-screen chemistry seemed to be out-of-this-world. “We screen-tested Josh Hartnett, Eliza Dushku, Heath and Julia. But Julia and Heath just had the best chemistry together,” the casting director, Marcia Ross, told The New York Times in 2019.

After this smash hit, Stiles landed roles in two other Shakespeare adaptations, but she claimed it was just a coincidence.

Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles at swing in a scene from the film ’10 Things I Hate About You’, 1999. (Getty Images)

At one point in her life and her career, she decided to attend university. Stiles enrolled the Columbia University and majored in English literature.

“Academic professionals don’t really give a s*** about me being in a movie or having to go the MTV Movie Awards. But then also people in the entertainment industry don’t really care about university. That helped me a lot,” she told The Daily Beast in 2019.

She says that college helped her stay grounded. “The good thing about being in college was that people took little interest in me because they were so preoccupied with their own ambitions and exams. Also there’s that thing in academia where movie-making isn’t supposed to be that important, it’s sort of low-brow. So that was refreshing to me and I was determined to be taken seriously,” she told Independent in 2007.

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At some point in her life, she was left wondering if returning to her studies was the best choice while there were film offers waiting at the table.

“I don’t want to turn 50 and have regrets that I didn’t go back. Besides, just when I think my head might explode, it’s such a relief to go back to Columbia where they don’t care what magazine cover I’m on,” she told the National Post in 2004. 

Stiles’s career turned quiet at one point and she felt like she didn’t fit anywhere, but that was about to change when she was offered to be part of Hustlers, a crime comedy-drama.

“A movie like Hustlers to me is such an affirmation that like I have a place in the film industry and stories that I’m interested in are being told,” she said.

Most recently, she’s been highly praised for her role in the crime drama Riviera, a British TV drama that found its way to the American screens.

“Now we still have a long way to go but there has been a seismic shift in the entertainment industry where I feel like the roles that are coming my way and that are available to me and my peers, whether it’s behind the camera or in front of it, is even more interesting and exciting now than what we were doing in our 20s, generally,” Julia told InStyle.

In 2017, Stiles tied the knot with camera assistant Preston J. Cook with whom she has two children together. The couple first met while they were both working with the movie Go with Me, in 2016.

We are so glad this incredible actress found her place in Hollywood again. We are looking forward to see her in many new projects in the future.

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