A little piece of heaven

Nathan got his stem cells today – all was a success! The treatment was incredibly smooth, Nathan didn’t cry for more than 1 minute, and not even 5 minutes after the shot, his breath was nice and smelly. I know this treatment is going to be a fabulous success! Watch this channel for updates about how the stem cells work in his brain!

Oh, and the most important news – he got a haircut! Pictures to come soon.

Since my post a few days ago about my conversation with Kirshner, much has happened. I’ve had several conversations with many people about stem cells and I am finding some contradictions.

She told me that after 3, the blood brain barrier is too thick and that kids won’t receive much benefit. But I remember having met and seen with my own eyes kids that did gain tremendous benefit from Dr. Rader’s stem cells, kids older than 3. And none of them had lumbar punctures. I personally have met kids who gained head control after a stem cell treatment, a child who stopped having seizures, and a few other kids who made gains in various areas. So I am not so sure how applicable this theory is. If I hadn’t met and talked to these families, it would be one thing, but I did meet and see with my own eyes kids that improved with Dr. Rader’s stem cells.

As a result of my questioning I ended up speaking with Dr. Rader who answered a lot of my questions. And in the process I learned that he opened a new clinic in Tijuana. And coincidentally I learned that there is a treatment happening this weekend. So guess what?

We’re going to Tijuana this weekend for Stem Cells! Wohoo! And while we’re down south, how can we skip SeaWorld?

I had a secret desire to do stem cells again before going to Chile for Medek…hmmm..imagine those cells potentizing Ramon’s work! And it’s going to happen! WOHOOO!

Today was Nathan’s first and last day of school. He can win the prize for the shortest schooling experience ever 🙂

The school is lovely, the teacher is great, but…it’s just not for Nathan. He’s in a class with children that are very much like him. He’s definitely in the correct placement when it comes to having kids LIKE him…but, what benefit can he gain from this? He has such a rich, stimulating program at home, much richer than they can provide at the school. They have a good program but they are trying to deal with several kid’s needs and there’s just not enough time to give Nathan the level of stimulation that I like him to receive. My main goal for sending him to school was social interaction, but kids with his same level of disability cannot interact so there’s just not much gain for him. Tischia and I agreed that it’s a great program for children who don’t have access to the programs that Nathan does – Medek, AIAHP, Waldorf.

So for the rest of the month, we are going to have Dashcle, Tischia’s son, come and play with him in the mornings while we do a combo of Medek, AIAHP, and Waldorf. Then after we return from Chile, he will go to the Waldorf preschool.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from our weekend. You can see how much our little daredevil LOVED all of the rides at the fair. There are also pictures of his first and last day of school 🙂