Patient story of Megan Felton, 5 years, Tetraparetic Cerebral Palsy
Birthdate - 2005
Home - Auckland, New Zealand
01 March, 2010
Megan Felton, age 5, is from New Zealand. Megan suffered horrific birth injuries, needs 24/7 care, and was diagnosed severe Tetraparetic Cerebral palsy with developmental delay.
We had been looking into stem cell treatment for about a year and finally we decided that treatment from Xcell-Center was the best and safest option for Megan.
Megan had her first stem cell treatment at the Xcell- Center in October 2009, and she has
"The Xcell- center has given Megan another chance at life..."
already made good progress within 4 months. Her head control is
much better than before and she can sit for long periods of time,
most of the time unaided. Her balance is getting better each week,
and her hand and arms work much better. For the fist time in her
life she can run her hands through her hair and play with her feet.
We also noticed Megan's understanding is improving a lot. We get
some very interesting responses from her and she is willing to do
things we want her to do now. Megan's general health has improved a
little bit. She is putting on weight. Although she still needs
antibiotics for her throat infection, but she is not using it as
frequent as before.
Megan makes a little progress each week and we are "extremely" happy about this. We are going to book Megan's second treatment with Xcell-Center, that will be a six month gap between first and second autologous stem cell treatment.
The Xcell- center has given Megan another chance at life, and us, her parents, the strength and courage to work harder to improve her quality of life. We can't thank the team at the Xcell enough for all their help with Megan.
The Xcell-center is a world-class and top professional hospital and we would and have recommended them to other people in our situation without hesitation.
Mike and Jackie Felton
from Auckland, NZ
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