澳洲昆士兰脑瘫小孩干细胞治疗后改善
来源:澳大利亚CAIRNS
干细胞治疗使昆士兰州一个三岁的脑瘫孩子获得了巨大改善,他已经可以第一次在没有任何帮助的情况下喝完一杯水。
考瑞•得•格里高理八个月大的时候被诊断为脑瘫——一种传统医学不可治愈的疾病,从确诊那天起,父母马克和罗珊娜为了治好他的疾病便开始了一段漫长的求医之旅。
干细胞能够治疗儿童期白血病、脑瘫、阿兹海默症等一系列疾病。去年考瑞在青岛城阳人民医院(http://www.ganxibao.com.cn )待了五周,共接受了6次干细胞治疗。
得•格里高理先生说,小考瑞的躯干和左上肢都获得了很大的改善,为此他们全家都感到惊奇不已。
“自从我们去了中国之后,他左胳膊的活动度提高了很多。”得•格里高理先生说。
“他能够用双手握着杯子喝水,这在以前是非常困难的。”
得•格里高理夫人说在丈夫和小考瑞去中国之前她疑惑很多,但是她想抓住每一次能够让儿子独立的机会。
“像其他任何父母一样,你想尽你所能给自己的孩子最好的,到最后知道你已经尝试了所有能够尝试的并且你做到了。即使是去海外接受最新的干细胞治疗,我们也会尝试。”
“从那之后,我们就储存了我们小女儿贝拉的脐带血。因为当考瑞出生的时候,我们没有意识到他脐带血的价值。
她说,考瑞正在不断地改善,为此她感到欣喜若狂。
目前正在参加独轮椅竞赛的十位女士在当地成立一个脑瘫小组,争取为考瑞筹集1万美金,争取在他入学之前给他买一张电动轮椅。
原文: http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2009/04/18/38681_local-news.html
Improvements stem from cell therapy
Saturday, April 18, 2009
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EXPERIMENTAL stem cell therapy in China has allowed a three-year-old Gordonvale toddler with cerebral palsy to improve so much that he has been able to drink out of a cup unassisted for
the first time.
Corey de Gregorio's parents Mark and Rosanne have been on crusade to find a cure for their son since he was diagnosed with
the incurable condition when he was eight months old.
Corey had six cord blood stem cell treatments, which could potentially help in treating a range of childhood leukemia,
cerebral palsy as well as Alzehimer's disease, in a five-week stay in Qingdao last year.
More than six months after his treatments, Mr de Gregorio said the family was amazed at the improvements in his torso and
his left arm.
"The usability of his left hand has improved immensely since we've been to China," Mr de Gregorio said.
"He can hold a cup and drink from it with his two hands and because prior to that it was extremely difficult."
Mrs de Gregorio had her doubts before her husband and Corey left for China but she said she wanted Corey to have every
possible chance in becoming an independent individual.
"Like any parent, you want to do the best you possibly can with your child and at the end of the day you want to know
that you’ve done and that you’ve tried everything," the mother-of-three said.
"Even if that means going offshore and trying something experimental.
"Since then we've stored our youngest daughter Bella's umbilical cord because when Corey was born we didn't realise how
valuable his cord blood is."
She said she was "over the moon" Corey was experiencing his developmental milestones.
A group of 10 Cairns women, who are competing in the The Great Wheelbarrow Race, want to raise $10,000 to buy a motorised
wheelchair for Corey before he starts pre-school and also to establish a local Cerebral Palsy group.
The women, who will push a wheelbarrow 150km from Mareeba to Chillagoe next month, is running the Wheelie Huge Wheelbarrow
Raffle and to buy a $5 ticket call Helen Cook on 0439 878 070.