Wednesday 12 March 2008

Wanted to share this

Hi all

This isn't necessarily something that would help Patrick's condition but it is such a wonderful thing to see, I wanted to share it with you. I know that people outside of our immediate family also read Patrick's blog and this might be of interest to them maybe more than it may be of use to use.

The following link takes you to a bit of film from US TV and concerns a little boy with cerebral Palsy who was given his own stem cells via a transfusion. The parents have reported such a change in the child in just five days! There is more to this stem cell business than meets the eye and I hope that more research can be done to see if it would help children like Patrick too. We can only hope. Needless to say, it made me cry to see another kiddie doing so well. Soppy old sod that I am. Here's the link http://www.msnbc. msn.com/id/ 23572206/ then click on launch and it should open a player in a new window on your PC.

We will be putting a bigger update on how Patrick is very soon but suffice it to say that the anti biotics he has been given this week seem to be doing the job. Still getting some disruption at night but generally his full medication cocktail is making him cope better for now at least. Gem will no doubt be posting on here later so until then, best wishes from Martin et al xx

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