Deans' stroke musings: Stem cell treatments for dogs: Revolutionary procedure helps paralyzed dog recover after stroke

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Stem cell treatments for dogs: Revolutionary procedure helps paralyzed dog recover after stroke

Amy, this is for you. Ask your doctor why your dog has this therapy before you. Our pets are better taken care of than us humans, What do you say WSO, Australian Professor Stephen Davis?
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/stem-cell-treatments-for-dogs-revolutionary-procedure-helps-paralyzed-dog-recover-after-stroke
Susan and Tim Enright's 5-year-old Chocolate Lab, Norman, had a stroke in April that left him paralyzed.

Now veterinarian Dr. Ronald Anders is performing stem cell treatments to help Norman recover.

The procedures may cost up to $2,250 dollars.

For the Enrights, its worth it.

"If it works, if it gets him up and walking at any quality of life again... we don't expect him to be out there chasing the frisbee, but if he does that will be a bonus," said Tim Enright.

Dr. Anders pulled fat cells and sent them to a lab to duplicate and create 4 million stem cells. They are sent back, and injected into Norman.

"It makes it much easier but it also makes it more rewarding because you see a patient like this that we couldn't help years ago that now we're able to help. The dog in most cases would be put to sleep but in this case the dog continues to thrive," Dr. Anders said.