| Optic Nerve Hypoplasia is a congenital condition in | | | | see a difference in Xavier after the very first infusion. |
| which a child is born with the optic nerve | | | | Since returning to the United States, Xavier has |
| underdeveloped. This leaves the child unable to see in | | | | improved even more. Xavier's ophthalmologist did a |
| either one or both eyes. Before stem cell therapy, | | | | baseline examination before Xavier went to China and |
| there was no cure or treatment for this condition. The | | | | then examined Xavier after he returned. The |
| child used to be sentenced to a life of blindness. These | | | | ophthalmologist said that before the treatment, Xavier, |
| days, thanks to advances in Adult Stem Cell research, | | | | could only detect hand motion at 1-2 feet. He said after |
| there is a treatment. This treatment is in the form of | | | | the stem cell treatment, Xavier can count fingers at |
| Adult Stem Cells. | | | | 3-4 feet! The doctor says there has been definite |
| Xavier Carballo, a young boy from Florida was born | | | | improvement neurologically as well as his eyesight |
| with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Diagnosed at age 2, | | | | Xavier has improved so much that his parents are |
| Xavier had been declared legally blind. Xavier's mother, | | | | moving him from a school for children with disabilities to |
| Cindy, found out a stem cell treatment in China that | | | | a mainstream school. |
| helps Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Saving money for the | | | | Xavier is the latest in a long list of people who have |
| expenses for two years, Cindy and Xavier finally | | | | had "untreatable" conditions and have been helped by |
| made the trip to China in the fall of 2008. | | | | stem cell therapy. Hopefully, we will have more in the |
| In China, Xavier received 6 infusions of Adult Stem | | | | near future so more children (and adults) will be able to |
| Cells derived from cord blood. Xavier's mother could | | | | get this life improving treatment. |