Archive for August, 2008
Pansy’s entire body feels hot like she has a sunburn–even the bottom of her toes feel hot. She has a flushed feeling–her checks are pink–her chest is pink. She can lift her butt off the floor with her hands on the floor and her legs laying flat on the floor. Her balance has improved–she does not need as much support from me when we are walking. I guess those little stem cells are doing their job.
Two new child patients are suppose to arrive on Sunday–one from South Africa and one from Italy.
Savanna (8 years old) left yesterday for Missouri–she can now see–the stem cells treatments repaired her optic nerve.
August 31st, 2008
Pansy can lay on her back with her feet pulled close to her butt and raise her hips off the bed. That is a big improvement if you could not do that before. Dr. Bing is very pleased.
I was wrong when I told you that they used embryonic stem cells–they use umbilical cord stem cells.
August 30th, 2008
Pansy can move her feet, knees, and hips without pain–she has better color in her toes–her feet are not as cold–I guess the stem cells have improved circulation in her legs. She says she can see better out of her right eye. These might seem like very small changes, but all the parts have to work before you can walk or run. Dr. Bing is considering using ultra sound on her legs and feet on Saturday morning. I talked to Dr. Bing about one hour ago regarding additional injections–he said we could make that decision next week.
August 30th, 2008
The food from the catering service is mostly rice with side dishes of sweet and sour chicken, spare ribs with vegetables. Lucy (our translator) traveled with us to the market about 1 mile away. Most all items in the store are written in chinese–so you have to look at the pictures on the package. Dr. Bing compared the pulse in the left and right feet–the pulse in the left foot was not near a strong as the pulse in the right foot–you recall the nail on the big toe on the left foot comes off on occasion for no apparent reason. Pansy will receive embryonic stem cell IV treatment on Friday afternoon around 2PM. There 2 men here with ataxia–70 year man from Queensland has sca6-he will receive 6 treatments–he has shown improvement according to his wife–46 year old man from Belfast has had ataxia for ten years–he has received 2 treatments.
August 30th, 2008
Pansy had acupuncture, physical therapy, and electric wave therapy today–she will have these therapies everyday except when she is having embryonic stem cell injections. We cooked our meals in the canteen area today instead of ordering food from the catering service. Dr. Bing is very concerned about her lack of circulation in her left foot.
August 28th, 2008
Everyone is super nice–Pansy has been seen by a bunch of Doctors, had several x-rays, ekg, therapy and etc–she has her first IV stem cell injection on Friday afternoon. There are people here from all over the world–some blind children from the USA who can now see after the stem cell treatments.
August 28th, 2008
We checked in to the hospital Tuesday afternoon–one of the doctors checked Pansy this afternoon.
August 26th, 2008
We will be travelling to Qingdao,Shandong, where Pansy will undergo a stem cell treatment program for diagnosis of “Spinocerebellar Ataxia”.
August 15th, 2008
