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"If it couldn't hurt and it might help, we'll try it." That's pretty much been our motto since Max's birth, and it's why we did stem cell therapy back in August. As far…

This is the week we're due to e-mail an update to Dr. Kurtzberg, the wonderful Duke University doctor who did Max's stem cell transplant in August. It's been four months, and while she s…

Those are Max's stem cells, above. Aren't they just beautiful? As you can imagine, I had a ton of questions for the doctor who's spearheading Duke University's stem cell program: Joan…

Stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy: Does it work? We're hopefully at the beginning process of finding out. I'm sitting here at Duke University Children's Health Center writing this as M…

Dear Max, It's the night before your stem cell infusion at Duke University . We've both come light years away from the week after your birth when you were in the NICU and I sat at the kitchen…

I blogged the other day about seeing butterflies flitting around our backyard and wondering whether they were some sort of sign, but not quite believing it. This morning, as I was packing for our tr…

Thanks for the comments on yesterday's post about dumb stuff I waste money on; they helped me realize that I am far, far worse than I'd even thought. Like Insomniac Mummy and Debbie from Find…

We have a date: Tuesday, August 25. We'll be flying to Raleigh on Sunday, getting Max checked out on Monday at Duke, then the infusion will happen Tuesday, with a followup with a neurologist on W…

So, a brief recap on where things stood with stem cell therapy : Weeks ago, I contacted the people at Duke University doing the trial. The place where we'd stored Max's cord blood sent a samp…

This weekend, the future seemed filled with possibilities. Here's Max, playing with his new tennis racket, and Sabrina, showing off her mastery of hissy fits. Lately, Max is into all sorts of new…

After hearing from Kate (THANK YOU, KATE!) that Duke University has a stem-cell injection clinical trial, I got in touch with them. Today, I learned that they would be willing to consider Max as a ca…