The Florida parents of 7-year-old Matthew Faiella, who has autism, are taking him to Costa Rica at the end of this month for adult stem cell treatments. According to WESH.com, Daniel and Ruth Faiella say that they have seen “improved mental skills” in Matthew after trying many different therapies, “including a $20,000 hyperbolic chamber that allows Matthew to breathe in pure oxygen that his parents believe stimulates his brain cells.” Costs for the Costa Rica trip are, Daniel Faiella says, “‘depleting all of our funds’” and they are seeking donations.
There are currently no clinical trials underway in the US for using stem cell therapy for autism and stem cell treatment is not allowed in the US. Stem cell therapy is offered in Mexico and China, and have parents have reported “encouraging surprises” at first—–and then no more progress.ll
You did not spend $30k in Costa Rica for Autism with stem cells!!! Also one month no change, LOL! It is not a injection today and cure tomorrow!!! You might not see anything for 6 months!
who belives in that
I went to Costra Rica, $30,000 later, one month no change at all.
Stem cell therapy is still experiemental/early stages.Looking at near cure rates of children with CP by Duke Uni is exciting and gives us all hope.
It s very good to hear that there is a cure through the stem cells.But what is not clear that there is no % for the success for these trials for the $20,000.
How many visits =nedded for a good results? How much is cost per visit?
We just getting worry because there is a new intevention.Non of them give a reliable answer.Just a trials.
I have a daughter who is nine years old, non verbal, non potty trained and constantly frustrated, and increasingly violent toward herself and others because she is severely autistic. I would have no hesitation whatsoever in taking my daughter for stem cell therapy, if only i had the money to do so. Medicine is advancing faster then ever and if stem cell therapy was a load of rubbish, then why are there clinical trials being conducted now? It is the way to go forward, and any therapy is good where there are real children involved who live generally crappy lives. I hate the people that trash parents, who are only trying to do all that is possible to help their children, these parents have my full support because I would do exactly the same thing myself to help my daughter given the means! Try walking a mile in my shoes and theirs before you comment!
We just got back from our third stem cell treatment for our son Matthew and you can watch my last Fox news interview and what Matthew Dr. had to say.
Fox News Interview With Matthew’s Pediatrician
Here is the Fox interview with our son’s pediatrician who only believes in FDA approved treatments, telling the reporter Matthew has made incredible progress and that kids with autism even with therapy do not make the gains she has seen in Matthew http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7930384&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Steve Gehlbach does a great job reporting this story!!! The reporter at the end (Cale Ramaker) made a mistake and said they have been following us for 2 years but it has only been since Feb 2008.
[...] “Stem cells. Gene therapy. Immune protection.” [...]
Thank you Tina. I have tried to spark clinical trials here in the U.S. but noone wanted to listen, very sad. People like Autism Speaks will never bring you a cure or even talk about one, because they make to much money making you think they care. I am shock that I am the only one talking about Adult Stem cells from cord blood to treat Autism.
http://www.recoveringMatthew.blogspot.com
Good luck to Mathew and his parents, I sure hope this works for you. I’m a desperate mom of five kids, two of which are autistic, and I need hope. I can’t afford anything of anything, heck I can’t even afford to reunite $6,000.00 I need to buy a forclosed home I want to leave my children something, but I can afford to pray and have hope for me, for my children and for every parent out there who have children with special needs from autism to cerebral palsy. I hope that any treatment out of the US that give us hope, can be provided here in the US, even though many of us parents wouldn’t have the opportunity to try it, but at least it would be here. I just don’t understand why here in the US they don’t approve most of these things and we have to seek out to other countries to for help. Where are the studies for autism in the US? So much money has gone to this cause, but I don’t see it. Anyways, best of luck to you and I am praying and I’ll always pray for anyone who is willing and able to find help or improve this condition.
Thank you, I hope Armando does great with the treatment. We are going back in Nov.
http://www.recoveringmatthew.blogspot.com
I am with the therapy 100%. I have researched it myself. Mathew good luck kido. I am right behind you. I hope all goes well. I will be going over there with my son to help him also. All this negative and false hope is coming from people who can talk what they don’t know. You have 3 kids and one on the way. Good for you hurray educate your children but while your doing that educate yourself not with books but with other families who have autistic children. You don’t have one right? You can’t imagine how hard it is to have a child cry for hours and have pain but not be able to tell you what hurts. Or spend 23 hours out of a day wide awake because 1 hour is enough sleep for them. You have no idea. I am with Mathew’s family all the way. I am doing the samething. I pray to god you have great results not only so both you and my son come out of that world but to shut this negative blog down. god Bless you and you will be in my prayers. For those who gave all negative vibes instead of talking about what you don’t know, go to another web page and comment on how your children are so smart and don’t have any problems. B/c that you do know about. Look if you don’t have an autistic child you just don’t know. Not autism any sickness. Any real mother like us will do anything not to see our children suffer.Believe it or not they are screaming inside they are scared,and as a mother I would take the pain for him if I could. This treatment is oviously doing something because every single one has had some kind of result. I will go anywhere anytime to just try and I am saying try and get him out of that world he’s in. I’m trying to go in a month or two. Mathew parents your in my prayers please keep us posted on how well mathew’s doing. Who knows maybe we’ll meet over there and armando and mathew will become friends. My son’s name is Armando he is 9 years old.God bless you guys and you guys just gave me that extra push.I will be praying.
Interesting blog huh LOL I dont need your opinion or want it, people all around the world have gotten hope and help from my blog.
I’ve done plenty of research, I think you need to go back and do some. If Dr. Riordan doesn’t have a PhD, then why doesn’t the American government investigate him? Because he runs MediStem ( http://www.medisteminc.com/management.html ) which is located in Arizona, which is the parent company of the clinic in Costa Rica. But no you like to come on here and slander a good individual. Maybe they wouldn’t let you in to Costa Rica before they closed the program, so now you just want to be vindicative and spread lies. I have no tolerance for people like you.
This is an interesting blog … however … you must take some time to look into the academic qualifications of the people offering these so-called “stem cell” treatments. The group in Costa Rica is far from qualified, in fact, the President/CEO of the company (Neil Riordan) does NOT have the academic qualifications or experiences he claims. Mr. Riordan does NOT have a PhD as he claims. Up until recently, his website claimed that he completed a PhD at the Medical University of the Americas, however, the MUA NEVER offered a PhD and has NO record of Mr. Riordan ever attending. It would seem to me that if you are a fraud with your qualifications that there should be other questions at the top of my mind.
That is why we move from Tampa/Clearwater 4 years ago, nothing there for our kids. I know of a place in St. Pete you can get free mHBOt, tell him I sent you http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=0F09E24855A71B08CC4FFF49CF69A55A?contentId=4143675&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
http://www.hyperbariccenter.org/home.html
I have five children ages 10,9,7 and two 5 year olds who have autism. They were diagnosed at 17 months and it’s been an interesting experience for me and my older children. I’ve tried a lot of things to help improve my twins autism, but the most I’ve gotten is no where and when I say nowhere I mean no where. I don’t have any family, my ex-husband left no where to be found and my career as a teacher for special education has been put off permenantly. I thought alright there must be HELP out there for this, but the only help I have gotten is from SSI. There’s not many programs here in Tampa and medicare only covers so much. I have been blessed with my childrens teacher, even though they go to public school, since other schools specialized for autism are expensive. I haven’t been able to work because of Daycare for them, many places say they’ll try them for a while and see how it works, but they aren’t equiped to take the proper care these children need. If anyone out there know of any specialized programs in the Tampa area for autism please contact me at Tina_Marie_5@yahoo.com I’ll appreciate any information given. Oh, and the best treatment for autism after love is following your own instincts as parents and never give up. If I could fly to the moon for some treatment I would and if I could ripp off my brain and transplant it to my sons, I would and I don’t think anyone would have the right to criticize me. As a parent we all want our children to have the best life and let’s face it not many people have the chance to go to college autism or not. These days it only seems that priveledge have a chance and the not so priveledge have to struggle just to have a chance and get somewhere in life and become a good person in the world we’re living in where a gallon of milk costs $5.00.