WE HAVE RAISED ALL THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THE STEM CELL PROCEDURE.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justin Guyadeen was born full term, but he had a fractured skull due to a long and strenuous delivery . He also had seizures a few hours after birth and had to stay in NICU for over a month. He was diagnosed a year and a half later with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a neuromuscular disorder that effects a child’s motor skills and they are unable to perform physical activities. Justin cannot walk, talk or eat solid foods. Their is no known cure or treatment for Cerebral Palsy in the US and embryonic stem cell research looked like our only hope, but by doing some research over the internet we found a hospital in Germany that offers an experimental treatment for Cerebral Palsy using the child’s own bone marrow stem cells. The procedure is expensive and the results are very promising thus we are raising the money we need so that Justin will be able to lead a normal life. Here are a few links that we found on the internet that has given us hope. X-Cell Center Presents positive results from Cerebral Palsy Stem Cell Treatment Experimental Treatment helps boys with Cerebral Palsy The X-Cell Center Blog Stem Cell Treatment offers hope to Colorado boys Stem Cell treatment cures 10 year old with Autism Two boys with Cerebral Palsy preparing to head to Germany featured on the local News http://www.dominickingsstory.blogspot.com/ http://www.harrisonsstory.blogspot.com/ What is the procedure? The treating physician will put Justin under general anesthesia and extract stem cells from the bone marrow in his hip. The Center will then treat those stem cells to become neurons (brain cells). A couple of days later, the stem cells will be reintroduced into Justin’s body through a lumbar puncture. Both of the procedures are outpatient treatments. As soon as Justin is safely out of the anesthesia, he will leave the center. All the follow-up care will be via email and phone calls with the doctor in Germany. There is no need for us to stay in the X-Cell facility after the procedure is complete. What are the results? There is no guarantee of results, but the doctor has had great success ….70% of the patients have seen results, and 30% of them have had tremendous results. Results typically take 4-6 weeks to become evident, so we will need to be patient. Some of the possibilities could include: better balance, increase in fine motor skills, walking, feeding, speech…the possibilities are endless! Are there side effects? There are virtually no side effects, because these are Justin’s stem cells and they’re basically just moving them from his hip bone to his brain. The doctor has performed over 1,000 of these procedures, and has had zero side effects. WE HAVE RAISED ALL THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THE STEM CELL PROCEDURE. If the widget above does not work you can click the link below to access the site directly. http://justinguyadeen.chipin.com/justin-guyadeen Join the Cause on Facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/374382 Thank you, The Guyadeen Family Special thanks to Jessica Rapaccuiolo, Stephen Spellicy, Tim Harder, Chad Sakac, Jonathan Malamed, Nancy Gessler and my extended family @ EMC Corporation. |