Cameron's Journey

Autism, Stem Cells and What the World URGENTLY Needs to Know: The Body Ecology Perspective by Donna Gates for BodyEcology.com Are you worried about the health of your children? Autism now affects 1 out of every 150 children born, but there is something we can do about it. Stem cell therapy is a new autism treatment that in addition to diet and lifestyle changes can heal our youngest generation and those to come. As you know, I created the Body Ecology Diet to heal systemic fungal, viral and bacterial infections. It has become clear over time that the Body Ecology program provides healing for many different kinds of physical problems. In fact, most of the health problems we suffer from today are fungal (or yeast) based...even cancer. This is certainly true for children who are suffering from an infection we now call autism. Spreading the word that autism is both treatable and preventable is a major goal. Doctors and scientists are not exactly sure why children develop autism, but the st...

July 11, 2008 STEM CELLS: THE FINAL PIECE OF THE AUTISM PUZZLE? By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. It’s a discussion I’ve often had with my wife Linda over the years. As I share with her the latest findings about how to rid our daughter’s body of heavy metals, and bacterial and viral infections my wife asks the inevitable question that her years of training as a speech therapist compels her to ask: How much damage has been done between the time of injury and the time we addressed these problems? Because she works as a speech therapist in the rehabilitation unit of a major hospital she has seen the damage done to the brain by car accidents, strokes, and cancer. She has seen startling recoveries, understands the value of hope, but also knows that many times the dream of complete recovery goes unfulfilled. It has been with great interest that I’ve been investigating the idea of stem cells as a treatment for autism. In 2007 an article entitled “Stem Cell Therapy for Autism” was published in the ...

Medistem's New Stem Cell Type Wins Award Sunday March 23rd, 2008 @ 19:28:19 EST From Category: Type Comments: No comments SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 20, 2008 -- Medistem Laboratories, Inc. (OTC BB:MDSM.OB - News) is pleased to announce its recent co-authored article entitled, "Endometrial regenerative cells: a novel stem cell population" received BioMed Central's research article of the year in medicine award. The award recognizes excellence in research that has been made universally accessible through open access publication in one of BioMed Central's > 170 peer reviewed scientific journals. The award was presented to Medistem's CEO Dr. Thomas Ichim at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England. The publication is freely available at http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/5/1/57 . NBC's television coverage can be seen at this link http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/15669271/detail.html "We are extremely proud of the internation...

1: Med Hypotheses. 2007;68(6):1208-27. Epub 2006 Dec 4. Links Hyperbaric oxygen therapy might improve certain pathophysiological findings in autism. Rossignol DA . University of Virginia, Department of Family Medicine, P.O. Box 800729, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. dlross7@hotmail.com Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder currently affecting as many as 1 out of 166 children in the United States. Numerous studies of autistic individuals have revealed evidence of cerebral hypoperfusion, neuroinflammation and gastrointestinal inflammation, immune dysregulation, oxidative stress, relative mitochondrial dysfunction, neurotransmitter abnormalities, impaired detoxification of toxins, dysbiosis, and impaired production of porphyrins. Many of these findings have been correlated with core autistic symptoms. For example, cerebral hypoperfusion in autistic children has been correlated with repetitive, self-stimulatory and stereotypical behaviors, and impairments in communication, sensory perc...

1: J Transl Med. 2007 Jun 27;5:30. Links Stem cell therapy for autism. Ichim TE , Solano F , Glenn E , Morales F , Smith L , Zabrecky G , Riordan NH . Medistem Laboratories Inc, Tempe, Arizona, USA. thomas.ichim@gmail.com Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental conditions whose incidence is reaching epidemic proportions, afflicting approximately 1 in 166 children. Autistic disorder, or autism is the most common form of ASD. Although several neurophysiological alterations have been associated with autism, immune abnormalities and neural hypoperfusion appear to be broadly consistent. These appear to be causative since correlation of altered inflammatory responses, and hypoperfusion with symptology is reported. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are in late phases of clinical development for treatment of graft versus host disease and Crohn's Disease, two conditions of immune dysregulation. Cord blood CD34+ cells are known to be potent angiogenic stimulators, havi...

Dear Friends and Family, As you may know we are in the process of trying to raise money for my son Cameron age 4, to be able to receive adult donated umbilical cord stem cell treatments for autism. This procedure is not done in the united states except for a few select government approved clinical trials. We need to raise $25,000 in order to be able to get the treatment for him and will have to travel outside of the US to get it done. This treatment is showing great promise for recovery of autism. To me these stem cells are the perfect gift from God. He is the creator and man has now learned to use these "gifts" to help us with many health ailments. Our hope is that God will use us to be pioneers into this process to help pave the way for this to be approved here in the United States. We will be "blogging" our process on Cameron's website www.cameronsjourney.blogspot.com We will be doing many fundraising events over the next few months and I hope that you...

We had to say goodbye to two wonderful therapist this month. On December 19th Linda Veldman who was Cameron's occupational therapist through TJ Samson left to go to Roanoke VA. We have been with Linda since the summer of 2006. She has truly worked to bring change and betterment to those she is around. Glasgow KY is a better community for having her with us. Today on December 29th we had to say goodbye to Leigh Anne Roden. She has been with us since October of 2007 and spent the next 14 months bringing my son into our world in ways we had never seen before. I have often referred to Leigh Anne as Cameron's 'Miracle Worker". He was always so eager to see her & would come running to his chair to see what she had planned for the day. I would sit and watch in amazement as she would have him doing things I had only dreamed that I would see him do. I have many great videos of the two of them working together and will cherish them. Cameron's Journey took a whole new pat...

Cameron's fourth Christmas went by this year with peace and joy. He really wasn't into Santa and didn't want to sit in his lap. He got a new DVD player and an Animusic video that he loves. He's not into any of his other gifts. He was so good with no major meltdowns. He looks so cute in his little RJ Corman toboggan.

I received one of the greatest gifts ever for Thanksgiving this year. Let me tell you how it all began. I was contacted by a lady in Glasgow, Tami Milam, who has a 2 year old daughter named Ava. Ava had a stroke in uteri and Tami had researched Stem Cell Therapy for treating Ava. Tami came to the ARC of Barren County and spoke with us about taking Ava to Peru for stem cell treatments and the hope that they offered for her daughter to live a full and productive life. I immediately began researching the treatments and emailed them to a few of my closest friends and asked them to take a look at the information. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't overreacting to another "hope' of a cure for Cameron's autism. On Thanksgiving Day Donna Haynes told me that she had read through everything that I had sent her and had been doing more research herself. She was just as excited as I was about the treatment and gave me the best Thanksgiving gift ever, she offered to help undertake ...

It has been a long time since I have posted on Cameron's Journey. He is almost 4 years old now. He started to preschool in Mrs. Ruth Jones Class at Red Cross Elementary School the day he turned 3 years old. It was a bittersweet day. I was sad to see him start to school so early but I know in my heart it is what is best for him. We have seen a lot of improvements in Cameron. We are still doing everything we can to help him. We are following the DAN! protocol but are seeing Dr. Michael Bernui in Hendersonville TN now. I just started EDTA chewing gum with him today to help chelate the aluminum. He tested high so we need to get it out. Low muscle tone is also a sign of aluminum in the body. Cameron has low tone. He has learned to say so many words. Our latest accomplishment is for him to say "I want ....." It takes a little motivation be he will say it. We saw a big jump in his vocabulary when we started the Methyl B-12 shots. If you use the EMLA cream it wi...

Jan Sandidge came to visit Cameron today. She is a speech therapist with the First Steps program. Her evaluation of Cameron showed that his Language expression (what he says) is at the 0-3 month old range and his Language comprehension (what he understands) is at the 6-9 month old range. She recommended making him a little photo album of his own by taking digital pictures of things that he knows (cup, ball, mom, etc.) and using it as a tool to get him to tell us what he wants. She also recommended starting sign language with him too.

Cameron began working with Brenda Richardson today. She is a Developmental interventionist who will work with him in many different areas of development. They played peak-a-boo, learned the sign for "more", played with many different objects to see if he knew the "function". An example: she gave him a toy phone to see if he knew to put it to his ear. Cameron loved playing with her. He had a great session. She told me that he had a lot of good skills to build on. She also mentioned that she was concerned that he may have "sensory issues". (Taste, touch, etc.). Cameron also began Cranialsachrial Therapy this week with Diane Light. She is a message therapist at Dr. Oldencamp's office. Dr. Oldencamp is also continuing his Chiropractic treatments with Cameron. He does enjoy going to see Dr. Oldencamp. He has a favorite window where he watches the traffic go by and he is always so good and happy during his adjustment, he just puts his little hands up to his ...

Today was our very first trip to see our DAN Dr. In Brentwood Tennessee. Dr. Anthony Chapdelaine specializes in natural & alternative medicine. He was very knowledgeable and shared his Autism expertise with us in a way that was very easy to understand. We came home with 5 test kits to perform on Cameron. After we have completed the testing, the results will be sent to Dr. Chapdelaine. Will will go for our 2nd appointment and be given a portfolio that contains the results and a plan for Cameron's treatment.

 

We celebrated Kelsey's 3rd birthday today. In the middle of the party & fell out the front door! How Graceful! I literally was crawling at the end of the evening because my foot hurt so badly. My friend Coleen had brought me a gift and when I finally got to bed I opened it & there was this wonderful book by Joyce Meyers, The Battlefield of the Mind. I also received an e-mail from another friend, Shirley, she reminded my that sometimes we need to "crawl into Jesus arms and rest". God is once again in control!! I am in the bed resting & enjoying my book.

We went back to see Dr. Oldencamp for another adjustment today. He gave him another adjustment. He said he could really feel the plate that was shifted in his head move today! We discussed the herbs & decided to go ahead a try these twice a day. when I made Cameron's appointment with the DAN DR. The earliest they could make the appointment was for March 21st. Today I got a letter from them that said the moved him to an "established" spot on March 10th. Once again God is doing things that I could not. With Autism Early intervention is critical, so 11 days is a big difference! Kelly & I also met with our Pastor Mark Hale and were so uplifted by his words of comfort to us. We left his office with a new outlook, a mutual consent to one of our biggest obstacles as a couple and an abundance of HOPE for our son.

Things are really "moving" today. One of the first question the Dr. Oldencamp asked me was "does he suffer from constipatation". Apparently the disk in his back that was out of alignment was the one that controls the colon and bowel functions. To truly appreciate this little story you should know that Cameron has suffered from what I refer to as the "poop balls". For the last several months has has just continually passed small hard round feces all day. Rarerly ever a "normal" movement. Just after one adjustment things are moving regularly!! He had FIVE distinctly different bowel movements!! From what I have learned, an empacted colon allows toxins to be released into the body. Cameron's little body just could not rid itself of these toxins.

God is opening doors for Cameron & I am so thankful. A friend shared with us the a young boy had recovered from Autism with the help of Cranial Therapy and that we had a person here in Glasgow that did this type of procedure. I called & they immediately got us in!! Dr. Oldencamp who is DR. of chiropractor saw Cameron and is so excited to get to work with him-Imagine a Dr. being excited!! He was so caring & concerned. He was very reassuring to me. An x-ray was taken of Cameron's neck & base of the spinal column. He has a plate that is shifted to the right & pressing on his nerves. He also has a disc in his back that is slipped out of alignment. He received his first "adjustment". It has had an immediate calming effect on him today. He is not interested in the television & allowed me to just massage his little legs & back until he fell asleep. Dr. Oldencamp recommended that we give him blue green algae (Chlorella) for a heavy metal detoxification...

Dr. Anthony Chapdelaine in Brentwood Tennessee is going to see Cameron on March 21, 2006. Dr. Chapdelaine is a "DAN" Dr. I have also found a "Defeat Autism Now" conference that is going to be held in Washington DC April 6-10th. I am praying that a way will be provided for us to go so that we can get the latest information on Autism & find out first hand what is working & what is not in the treatment of autism. I also want to know more about what causes this disease. I am starting Cameron on a Gluten Free, casein Free diet. I am not giving him any white refined sugar or artificial food coloring. I am still very sad, but I know God is hearing my prayers because He has sent so many concerned calls & e-mails my way. I am Blessed with a loving & caring network of family & friends! I am very proud of Kelly-he is being so strong & supportive.

Today Cameron turned 18 months old. We saw Dr. Carl Myers at the Regional Child development Center in Bowling Green KY. Dr. Myers diagnosed him with Autism. My heart is broken. I am researching and trying to find a "Defeat Autism Now" Doctor. I am determined to find help for him so the he can recover!!