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Call family gives thanks

POSTED: February 23, 2010

Dear community members, friends and family:

We have been home from China for a month now and wanted once again thank you from the bottom of our hearts thank you for the fundraising events, the private gifts sent, for your love and support, because of you London hasa chance to improve her life.

Thank you, Adirondack Daily Enterprise and Adirondack Arc for letting Grandma Ruby and Jessie have this extended time off from work so we were able to take London for treatments. While we were in China we were blessed to be able to haveLondon receive9 stem cell treatments rather than the 8 we had planned on. Because of all the support; London, received approximately 90 million stem cells over a 40- day stay in China, 5 procedures by IV and 4 by lumbar puncture. Before we left for her treatments she only said afew words, Momma, Daddy, Nanna and Cy (her brother).

Today she has added hi, no, ut oh, good and good girl to her vocabulary. She will stand with assistance now and can push from laying down to a sitting position,she will get on her hands and knees as if to crawl,and hopefully soon she will be walking. The stem cells are not only helping in the way of sight, but in her ability to learn and live a more productive life.

London has light perception now and her eyes are dilating, also things she did not have before she received these treatments. In addition to the stem-cell treatments she also had daily physical therapy, acupressure and electric wave therapy over the 40 day stay in China.Oh, at times it was very hard and heartbreaking to watch her being poked and prodded at so many days in a row, and being separated from our families and friends, but it is all worth it and we are blessed to have had the opportunity to take herfor treatments that will change her life.

We see small changes on nearly a daily basis, and this is only the beginning, as the stem cells will continue to grow for up to a year. Again we just wantedto thank you all for helping to make these treatments possible for our little London Ruby. Nothing we say can convey the love and thanks we hold in our hearts for everyone who reached out to London.

If you would like continued updates, we are still posting on London's China stem-cell blog so the staff at the wonderful hospital can see her progress as well as our family and friends. I would also like to thank the doctors, nurses, translators and staff at Qingdao Peoples Hospital for making our stay in Qingdao China as comfortable as possible.Let us not forgetto thank the wonderful women who donated their umbilical cord stem cells; without them, this also would never have happened. May you all be blessed for all you have done.

From the bottom of our hearts,

London Ruby Call and family

To follow London's progress: stemcellschina.com/blog/londonruby.

 
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poolman137
02-23-10 5:16 PM
She is an angel for sure.... GOD bless you all!

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