I'm happy to announce we have another Adult Stem Cell success story to share with you today.  This begins as a sad story, but with a happy ending.  In 2004, Thomisha Harris, of Oregon gave birth to twin boys.  However, one of them, Terell, had problems almost immediately and began to swell and weaken.  He was diagnosed with ( familial) hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

HLH is a disease in which lymphocytes and macrophages fail to commit suicide when they are no longer needed. Instead, they attack normal cells and inhibit essential processes such as the production of blood platelets.

HLH is a very rare disease, but is believed to come from flawed genes.  Unfortunately, the Harris' had passed on this gene to Terell who died after 10 weeks.

Undeterred, Mrs. Harris had twins again about 2 years ago.  The story was almost the same.  Taylor, a baby girl, developed HLH.  Luckily, this time the doctors were prepared and treated Taylor with stem cell therapy:

But doctors had braced for Taylor's problem, tracking down two pregnant women whose biologic makeup closely matched the baby girl's. When one of those women delivered, medics saved blood from her umbilical cord and transplanted it into Taylor, rebuilding her sick blood system.

"The doctors are saying it's a cure," says Harris, a Portland jewelry designer. Taylor today is a healthy toddler, "telling us no and getting into things and very curious . . . . We were just blessed."

Full article here

Erica Nader, a Spinal Cord Injury patient  was the first American to go to Portugal to receive Dr. Carlos Lima's stem cell treatment for SCI- with Adult Stem Cells taken from Erica's nose.

These days, Erica has opened up the Walk the Line to SCI Recovery- a special state-of-the-art rehabilitation program for Spinal Cord Injury patients. In October,2008, I featured Erica Nader and the Walk the Line to SCI Recovery program here in this post.

Go check it out.  In fact, if you go to the Walk the Line website, you will see they offer a free trial session.

The criteria to be part of the program is simple:

• Strong desire for and commitment to SCI recovery


• Medical clearance from a physician to participate in intensive exercise based activity


• Medical clearance from a physician for Upper and Lower extremity weight bearing

In other words, it isn't going to be easy and you need a letter from your doctor.  However, being helped by such a professional team and the newest equipment- the benefits will probably be worth the effort!

Adult Stem Cells are now helping Dogs, Cats, and Horses. Regular readers of this Adult Stem Cell research blog are already aware of this fact. However, I love these stories anyhow for two different reasons.
1. It makes me (and hopefully you) feel good to see how Adult Stem Cells improve the life of a pet and in turn the pet's owner(s).
2. Right now, because Veterinarians don't have an FDA to answer to, and realizing that the worst thing that could happen is the stem cells don't work, they are getting a head start on this. If the stem cells weren't helping dogs, cats and horses, do you think that Vet-Stem, the company that provides the stem cells  for the pets would still be in business?

Anyway, no more preaching- on to the story. This is the story of Scott Kaine and his faithful dog, Otis. Otis is 13 years old with a plethora of problems. Congestive heart failure and joints being the main ones. Otis' veterinarian recommended the stem cell therapy.

Kaine did a little Adult Stem Cell research himself and said
"It's not a magic pill, and it may not work," he said. "I figured the worst thing that would happen is I was out 2,500 bucks. But if it added a week to his life, it was worth it.

And how is Otis after the stem cell treatment?  Kaine said he can see the difference in Otis already
Otis has more energy and gets around better (booties that provide traction on Kaine's tile floors also help). He still barks plenty, sniffs everything he can, and his personality hasn't changed one bit.

Bailey has treated three animals, including Otis, since becoming certified in 2008 ” and all three are doing remarkably better, he said. Months after the stem-cell treatment, one beagle showed a 90 percent improvement in his hips on radiographic imaging.

"(Stem cell therapy) is going to be here to stay; this is going to be the next big thing in veterinary medicine," Bailey said. "We tend to be pioneers, because there are less hoops for us to jump through."

Click here to read the full story

Yesterday, I gave you Preston Walker and Richard Humphries, two men who have been helped immensely after having received Adult Stem Cells in Costa Rica to treat their Multiple Sclerosis.    And today, I found another MS patient who seems to have been similarly helped.

His name is Dennis Trammell.  And he spoke in front of a Texas Senior Center earlier this week telling about his improvement of his Multiple Sclerosis since receiving stem cell treatment:

Dennis Trammell gave a recap of his condition at Charlie™s Angels Senior Center Tuesday.
Trammel, who has MS, traveled to Costa Rica last year to undergo stem cell treatment for the disease “ something not available in the United States.
Cell Medicines, the company out of Costa Rica did a fabulous job, Trammell began. They set us up in the hotel we were going to use, they set up the transportation, they did all the work of coordinating the different doctors.

He said there was a doctor for the liposuction to obtain his stem cells and another that administered the injections.
As far as how my improvements are going, there are two sides to where I struggle with MS, he said. There™s the physical side which has to do with my arm and leg and then there™s the energy side of things.
Where I™ve seen the most results is the things you can™t see “ my energy, my balance.

Good for you Dennis.  Here is the full story here

I started following the saga of Preston Walker and Richard Humphries in June 2008, just after they had returned from Costa Rica to receive Adult Stem Cells to treat their Multiple Sclerosis.

Both men felt improvement immediately after the stem cell treatment.  And they still seem to be doing well- almost 9 months after the treatment.  They are gaining a following among Multiple Sclerosis patients who are well aware of their exploits.  Both Preston and Richard have become  role models for others suffering from Multiple Sclerosis

And now, Preston was featured on his local Fort Worth/Dallas Television Station:

In 2001, Walker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, suffered from chronic fatigue, and began losing the use of his legs.

"I felt like my cognition was declining at a rapid pace," Walker said. "I really felt at the end of last year that I wouldn't be employed any longer because the cognition just wasn't there."

That feeling changed after his Adult Stem Cell therapy in Costa Rica:

For the first time ever, doctors took samples of their fat, drew stem cells from it, and reinjected it.  By the second injection the results were obvious.  The men had more energy than they'd had in years.  By the end of the treatment Humphries no longer needed a cane to walk.

The fatigue and leg problems were a thing of the past for Walker.  "I don't suffer from any of those symptoms we talked about," he said.  "The depression, the fatigue, the cognitive cloud¦ I mean it will still raise its ugly head occasionally, but it's nowhere near everyday and every moment of everyday like it was."

And hearing about Preston's story is nice enough but read this part too:

Humphries admits there were risks in being test patients for the treatment.  "If we or somebody doesn't become a guinea pig than how can that benefit others?" Humphries asked.

Since their treatment, dozens of others have followed in their footsteps to receive the benefits of stem cell transplants.

The full news story is here.

Preston and Richard's Multiple Sclerosis blog is here.