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Cord Blood Stem Cells Reverses Girl's Cerebral Palsy
- Jul 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392061,00.html
This is a new story from today. I thought this was a great story and wanted to share!
When Chloe Levine was 9-months-old, her parents noticed she couldn't hold her bottle with her right hand.
That wasn't her only developmental setback. Chloe, of Pinetop, Ariz., was unable to raise both hands above her head, and she could not crawl.
At 12 months, a CAT scan showed a portion of the left side of Chloe's brain had not developed and contained fluid. Seeking answers, Chloe's parents, Ryan and Jenny Levine took their daughter to a neurologist who diagnosed the toddler with right-side hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
"The cerebral palsy had only affected the right side of her body," Jenny Levine said Monday morning on FOX & Friends. "The neurologist told us we were looking at 17, 18 years of therapy."
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Thanks for sharing. I WISH I had stored the cord blood from at least one of my children.
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