Neuroendoscopic stem cell transplant it is!

Well we had Meg's MRI today, she was an angel right through.
What a little trooper, 2 General anasthetics in 2 days, and 1 more yet to come!
After the MRI we went back to the Xcell centre to see Dr Tamascke the Paediatric neurosurgeon who is looking after Meg. After much discussion she decreed that Meg's MRI looked typical of a child with her level of disability from a hypoxic (oxygen deprivation) event such as the one which happened during Meg's birth, she said that her brain looked symetrical with no obvious abnormalities in the right or left spheres, rather it showed an enlargement of the cerebral liquor spaces within the brain, a sign she thought that Meg was an ideal candidate for the Neuroendoscopic Stem Cell transplant proceedure as there was plenty of room to implant the stem cells right into the liquor spaces in Meg's brain. She was confident that by providing the stem cells right at the Basal Ganglia, (brain stem) that many of Meg's feeding swallowing and head control issues would see a vast improvement, and the belief is that with improvements in these base areas that as Meg grows and develops that she would then continue to develop in a more normal pattern. if you think of a new born baby whos first natural reaction is to feed, it learns very quickly to breath through it's nose as it feeds, learns to swallow without coughing etc etc, all things that Meg still struggles with, if we can improve these primal basic motor functions, we hope that it will inturn aid in the development of all her motor functions as a healthy (not brain damaged) child would.
Well we can only hope now, we have put our faith and hope with the Dr's at the XCell Centre and I am sure it is going to be a really hard week, We can expect Meg to be quite irritable and probably be off her feeds and have her normal bio rhythms upset. Wake & sleep cycles upset also.
Jason and I will both stay with her, we have a suite and for a little more we both can stay. We expect to be in the hospital for 3 - 4 nights.
So please everyone cross all your fingers and toes, pray to whom ever you believe in and send as much positive energy our way at 11am - 12pm German time tommorow, Meg needs all the help she can get to get through this and make it work.
We love and appreciate that so many people are following Meg's Blog, we are strong believers in positve thought and energy and hope that you will all give a little for Meg tomorrow.

Thanks again for all your love and support.

I am not sure when we will be able to update Meg's blog in the comming days but I will certainly let everyone know as soon as I can how it all went.

Ps, we met a family from Indonesia today at the MRI who had been told about Meg's blog some time ago and after reading it had then decided to come to Germany with their autistic daughter, I am happy that we might inspire, and hope we can help others in anyway we can.

Check out this latest NBC footage of Dominic & Harrison from the states - it is inspiring to say the least -
http://www.xcell-center.com/news/dominic-king-and-harrison-spiers-nbc.aspx

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