The Fish at Mr. Chow

Posted Aug 25th 2007 4:25PM by TMZ Staff

NBA star Derek Fisher is back in L.A. to rejoin the Lakers, and more importantly, to care for his ailing daughter. A true champion!


Fisher, who has three championship rings with the Lakers, was released by the Utah Jazz at the end of last season so he could spend time caring for his one-year-old daughter, Tatum, who was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer earlier this year.

Fisher and his wife, Candace, were headed into Mr. Chow for dinner last night, and when asked how his daughter was doing, Fisher said, "Doin' great," and gave a big thumbs up.


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1. God Bless her. I wish your family blessings. We thought my granddaughter had that disease. If you see a white dot in one eye and a red dot in the other in pictures. PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD..

Posted at 7:44PM on Aug 25th 2007 by LRT

2. He is beautiful. I LOVE HIM!

Posted at 7:50PM on Aug 25th 2007 by Mechelle

3. COMMENT #1: YOU ARE IGNORANT. SO IGNORANT THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF "KARMA". LOOK IT UP... SOBER UP... AND GET A LIFE.

GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY AND MAY HIS DAUGHTER BE WELL.

Posted at 7:58PM on Aug 25th 2007 by PEACE

4. The true definition of a man is not how macho he pretends to be, it is how he accepts responsibility and treats those he loves. Derek Fisher is a true man in every sense of the word. God bless him and his family and wish his daughter a full and cancer free life. Way too young to have to deal with something like that.. He is one of those rare athletes that has his priorities in the right place...at home with his family. We could all learn something from him.

Posted at 8:08PM on Aug 25th 2007 by sjn

5. what a great guy derek is. may god bless him and his family, and also watch over his daughter. thanks derek for all the excitement you have provided over the years. i'll always be rooting for you

Posted at 8:10PM on Aug 25th 2007 by montana mike

6. I will be praying for your daughter. I have 2 grandadughters who have come down with eye diseases and it's getting to be too common theses days. I commend you for be so young to give so much for your family because people don't ever see the good in a person so you be strong and we wil continue to pray for your daughter a healthy recovery.

Posted at 8:19PM on Aug 25th 2007 by deedee1

7. Lot of prayers for you and your family may the Lord put his arms around your family--

lots of love and kisses for your daughter

Posted at 8:44PM on Aug 25th 2007 by Barbara

8. In an age where too many professional athletes are poor role models, Derek Fisher is a prince among men.

Posted at 9:48PM on Aug 25th 2007 by Ms. B.

9. Good to see TMZ can report some good news once in a while and not always focusing on the trainwrecks (as much as we all love those trainwrecks)

And I am also glad to see that there are still some athletes out there that you can actually look up to and say 'now that is an admirable guy.'

Posted at 10:48PM on Aug 25th 2007 by Bunnie

10. he is right where he needs to be with his family!!!!!!!!

Posted at 10:49PM on Aug 25th 2007 by cooky

11. Glad to hear it Derek. God bless your family.

Posted at 11:47PM on Aug 25th 2007 by ***

12. Mr. Fisher, God Bless your daughter and your family in this time of hardship. Dealing with a child with a rae disease is extremely difficult, they are underresearched and underdiagnosed. My daughter has FMF, Familial Mediterranean Fever, a mutation of the 16th chromosome. This is an etnic disease, armenians, Turks, Greeks and persons of Jewish descent. majority afflicted are Turkish children. My daughter is half Turkish and we have tried for 8 years to find out what was wrong with her. It is indeed difficult in this country to find a doctor whom will listen to you and hear WHAT you say, we reached the point where they finally decided it was mental. Repeated requests on our part, as parents, for her to be tested for FMF went unheeded. We found a Turkish generalist/Pediatrician and she was diagnosed withn FMF within 2 weeks. It can make you stronger as a family or tear you down watching your baby suffer so. i hope the beat for your daughter and your family. You will remain in our prayers. Peace and grace be upon you and your lovely daughter.
http://www.rarediseases.org
NORD can be of great help when dealing with a child suffering from a rare disease.

Posted at 11:55PM on Aug 25th 2007 by RL

13. MR. FISHER IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A HUMAN BEING.WERE AS I AM SICK OF DMX/VICK AND NOW JAMIE FOX FOR DEFENDING THEM........MR. FISHER YOU ARE INDEED THE MAN! THANK YOU

Posted at 12:12AM on Aug 26th 2007 by SHAMROCK..........

14.
Tom Cruise is gay








Posted at 12:17AM on Aug 26th 2007 by Oompa

15. He should get his daughter a nice pit bull puppy.

Posted at 12:29AM on Aug 26th 2007 by Al Sharpton

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