Posted on 11/08/2012 11:55:03 PM PST by neverdem
EASTERN SHORE, Md. (WJZ) — The miracle of stem cells changes the life of a little boy from the Eastern Shore.
Adam May has the amazing story of a mother and the choice she made moments after her son was born.
Xander McKinley was a beautiful baby–but challenging. The newborn didn’t eat or sleep well, and by two-years-old, he couldn’t walk or even crawl.
“Something just wasn’t right,” said Xander’s mother, Jennifer McKinley.
Jennifer McKinley got the news every parent fears. Xander had cerebral palsy–a brain condition that slows motor functions.
Adam: “Did you ever fear he would never have a normal life?”
Jennifer: “We thought he wasn’t going to be able to walk. It was heart-wrenching, that we knew this was permanent.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimore.cbslocal.com ...
Thanks Neverdem for sharing this wonderful story. Hopefully cord blood stem cells will be able to cure a number of birth defects.
Didn’t you hear the pious liberal bioethists are saying that abortion should be extended to 3 years Past birth for kids born with defects and even as birth control.......
So why even devop cures when we can just “cull the infit from the herd” as they say?
Sorry I am in a sarcastic shitty mood tonite.....
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