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Eating Improves For Girl With Cerebral Palsy After Treatment With Stem Cells
A New Zealand girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy traveled all the way to Mexico for stem cell treatment that has already improved her quality of life. Jaide Pearson, 8, and her family went to Mexico for therapy using donated cord blood stem cells and is already seeing the benefits of the adult stem cells.
From the
stem cell research success story:
Jayne Pearson said Jaide Pearson, 8, was more alert, happier and eating pots of dairy food and mashed baby food instead of relying completely on tube feeding.
Jaide is a blind quadriplegic with epilepsy and cerebral palsy. Her mother and grandparents raised about $40,000 to take her to a Tijuana clinic in Mexico five months ago, hoping for a miracle cure.
Ms Pearson said eating and sitting up in the back of the car with just a seatbelt were the most marked improvements since the trip to the Mexican clinic. "She is eating more every day and has put on weight. She also seems brighter, happier, is sleeping better, can hold her head up in her wheelchair and stares at things," Ms Pearson said.
Before the treatment, Jaide had to sit in a special car seat as she could not sit upright unaided.
The treatment involves inserting cells from umbilical cords of healthy new babies to the base of the patient's brain.
Her grandfather, Norm Pearson, said Jaide's improvement in eating was the most marked improvement he had noticed. "Her prime nourishment still comes from a tube but she now enjoys one meal a day. We used to try and feed her real food before but it was a real effort just getting her to open her mouth and get any food in. Now she eats a whole pot of dairy food, it is a big improvement," Mr Pearson said.
With the medical profession here only offering medication to help control Jaide's symptoms, Ms Pearson said she had to give the stem cell treatment a go.
New Zealand to Mexico For Therapy With Stem Cells
Yet another child with cerebral palsy helped by adult stem cells. And this family had to travel all the way from New Zealand to Mexico for the treatment. Why? Because adult stem cell treatment isn't available in New Zealand. A harmless treatment that can only help and families are forced to travel thousands of miles for help that their own country won't provide.
Other Cerebral Palsy Stem Cells Stories
Last week, we covered
Mia Allen, a young Irish girl with cerebral palsy who had to travel to China for stem cell treatment using cord blood stem cells. And we also recently covered this
girl with cerebral palsy who was helped by her own stem cells stored from her cord blood.