The
Morning Sun reports on the progress that Todd Alwood of Mt. Pleasant, MI
is seeing trying to walk again using adult stem cell injections.
Excerpts:
The accident fractured three vertebrae, leaving him as a
quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair.
He was paralyzed from the chest down. He can move his arms
but has little feeling.
…
…doctors conducted extensive tests, then gave him a series
of shots that made his bone marrow produce an abundance of stem cells. They
were then drawn from Alwoods blood and separated by a special machine.
…
He's already seen some improvement in controlling his
torso and balance. Alwood can now lean froward [sic] and push himself back up,
something he couldn't do before the treatments.
He can also lean from side to side.
"My trunk muscles are starting to come back,"
Alwood said.
…
His ultimate goal is to someday walk again. He is
encouraged by the results and the stories he has heard from others who have
received similar treatment but Alwood isn't sure he can afford any more trips
to Russia
following the one in March.
The
entire article is very encouraging. Read it
here.