Steve received his first intravenous stem cell injection yesterday, from his own fat stem cells. It was a little scary because he developed a fever, which is normal, but that always knocks him down a notch or two. He was really struggling, just as we are finishing treatment and hoping for the best. Not the outcome we wanted!! However, a couple Advil got him back on-track and he is feeling fine now. He will have another "intravenous" injection tomorrow, as well as his last "intrathecal" injection into his spine, with the cord blood cells.
The prognosis is that it will take two to six months for him to see any improvement. First of all, his muscles are atrophied and will require extensive rehabilitation. Even if his nerves and spinal cord were miraculously healed right away, it would still take time and much work to get back to "normal". At the very least, we hope the fatigue-factor is diminished. This is something most of the previous patients, who have received this treatment, say goes away. That would be amazing, with teenagers depending on us! Time will tell...
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