All has been quiet with Sarah lately. We have set up her six month follow-up with the hospital in Mexico for Labor Day Weekend. I'm very excited to see the comparisons that the doctors see (from a medical standpoint).
Sarah is also going to have a big surprise coming soon. She will be a big sister in January. We are excited and immediately decided to bank this child's cord blood and tissue at birth. While medicine is not using donor stem cells quite yet, I have a feeling that in a few years it might just be a possibility.
About Sarah
- Sarah
- FL, United States
- Sarah is a 3 1/2 year old child with CP. She was born with a large blood clot due to a stroke in utero. While surgery was done to remove the blood clot, Sarah was diagnosed with CP because her brain damage has reduced her gross and fine motor skills as well as her speaking ability. This is a blog of her journey through medical procedures, in hopes it will help others.
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Cerebral Palsy links and Stemcell Treatments
- Stem Cell Clinical Trial
- Therasuit Therapy (Intenstive Physical Therapy) , main link
- X-Cell Center in Germany
- Learn about stem cells and children treated with stem cells in China
- Beike Biotech-Stem cell treatment in China
- Cerebral Palsy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- United Cerebral Palsy
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Congratulations! That is definitely exciting news! We banked my third child's cord blood and I sure wish medicine hear in the U.S. would hurry up to use donor stem cells for CP! They use it for other diseases, so why not CP?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking from my experience, having another child really brought some balance and "normalcy" to our lives. I am so glad we decided to do it. There's four years between Maddy and her brother. Then, we decided to have one more and Delaney is three-and-a-half years behind Jack. It was her cord blood that we saved. I wanted Maddy to have siblings to help care for her in the event something happened to my husband and me. They are very good with her and have brought her much joy.
Congratulations again!
Paula
Thank you so much, Paula. I'm also thinking that in a few years donor stem cells can be used for CP. I'm glad that you shared your experience about another child. Honestly, my husband and I were worried about having another child and how it might affect Sarah. I hope that Maddy is doing great this summer!
ReplyDeleteLina
Sarah's mom