Orange shirts were out in full force Thursday, Feb. 10 supporting Blye McCallum, who was thousands of miles away in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Blye, along with parents Gary and Andrea McCallum and grandparents Paul and Sheila Gift, flew from Denver to Germany Feb. 1 and were scheduled to return back to Denver Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Blye underwent a stem cell treatment Thursday, Feb. 10 in Germany to help with his cerebral palsy.
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A four-year-old boy from Wisconsin is out of the hospital after receiving a stem cell transplant that doctors now believe may have cured his rare skin disease.
Charlie Knuth came to Amplantz Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis during December, and began undergoing treatments to help reverse the affects of epidermolysis bullosa, which left him with open sores and bruises all over his body.
“I’m amazed, I mean every time I look at him I don’t know what to say,” says Charlie’s mom Trisha.
After the transplant, Charlie seemed to be making a speedy recovery until he managed to get a blood infection which happened as a result of his immune system being compromised by chemotherapy.
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Carmel Turner can walk again for the first time in more than two years – a feat she regards as nothing short of a miracle.
The 37-year-old Melbourne mum had a stem cell transplant, which she believes has effectively cured her of multiple sclerosis.
urner, the first Victorian to have the controversial treatment in Australia, reckons it rebooted her immune system and that the crippling disease has already left her body.
More than 18,000 Australians have multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease with no cure, and Turner hoped her story would give others hope.
She said within days of her transplant at Canberra Hospital in November her pain vanished and she was able to walk long distances after two years of being wheelchair-bound.
“I just kept putting one foot in front of another,” she said. “It was a miracle, it was incredible, it was surreal.”
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The spirits of the Petaluma teenager paralyzed from the chest down last year in a diving accident have been lifted, now that he has regained feeling in some parts of his body after receiving stem-cell treatments in Panama City, but he still is adjusting to a more limited life.
“After the treatments, it sucks less,” said Danny Cox. “I feel better than before I went.”
His mother, Maureen McGowan, emphasized that they view improvements within the context of his overall condition, which they regard as only one step along the way to recovery.
“The treatments went very well. He actually started getting new sensations in two weeks,” she said. “Danny’s healthier, his mood is good and he’s not as fragile as he was before we left. He smiles more, eats more and has more energy. Danny has more body awareness: He knows where his body is in space, and if his leg is lifted, he knows that it is in the air. Also, he’s now using a manual wheelchair instead of a power chair.
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Tyler Olson of Lake Mills, Iowa, is in New Delhi, India, undergoing embryonic stem cell treatment.
Olson, 19, who uses a wheelchair and cannot move his lower body after an accident on the football field in 2008, left for India on Jan. 13.
His mother, Medara Winter of Lake Mills, said Tuesday he is getting a couple of stem cell injections each day as well as physical therapy.
“He’s doing great,” she said.
Olson’s sister, Kessa, and his friend, Lucas Storby, went to India with him. They will stay with him until he finishes treatment in April.
“It’s kind of going to be a learning experience for all of them,” Medara Winter said.
Olson is one of eight patients being treated in a clinic operated by Dr. Geeta Shroff.
Read more at GlobeGazette.com.
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