Families with children that need treatments for primary immune deficiency have to cover a lot of medical bills. A huge amount of money. Gammaglobulin infusions can cost up to $12,000 dollars, this includes the room fee & all the labs taken during the visit. Andy used to get gammaglobulin infusions every two weeks before receiving…
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Mark’s running shoe
Mark Porter and two of his children, Connor and Shannon visited yesterday evening, they helped Andy design Mark’s running shoe at NIKEID.com. Mark will compete in the 2006 Boston Marathon in honor of Andy. Mark is in remision from cancer and he said, “while sick I realised that you have to give in order to…
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Stem cells for Christmas
Umbilical cord stem cell bank in the UK is marketing to grandparents. A British-based company says grandparents looking for a gift with a twist are increasingly investing in stem cells for their grandchildren…The reason to store stem cells is future applications for stem cells. You only get one chance to get these cells in a…
The Beacon
The Beacon, a school community magazine from St. Johns Northwestern Military Academy published a letter from my Dad. It’s a very inspiring letter! He sent the letter back in August. Click here to read The Beacon (PDF Format)
A note from Andy’s School
Last Friday we received a note from Andy’s Teacher, Really a nice week, he seems to be more interested. Please read the new book of Goldie Locks to him. I did read Goldie Locks to him.. And when I read, “Patooie!” cried big old Papa Bear. “This porridge is scalding! I’ve burned my tongue!…” Andy…
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My two readers can now comment on this blog. About a year ago I disabled the comment feature because I was getting a lot of spam.. I will give it a try again.. If you would like to comment click on Comments.
Embryonic Swiss Francs
The Swiss National Bank launched a competition for the design of a new banknote series (10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000) at the beginning of 2005. The bank invited twelve artists were invited to present their designs on the theme “Switzerland open to the world”. The first prize was announced recently and it went…
No Korean tailor made stem-cells.
Back in May there was a lot of talk about a paper from a Korean scientist that claimed he was able to make stem cells tailored to match an individual for the first time…The paper was published in the journal Science. “The resultant cells were a perfect match for the individual and could mean treatments…
Mele Kalikimaka, Jordan, Katie, Audrey and Marlaina
This one for Jordan, Katie, Audrey and Marlaina, Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say, On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day, That’s the island greeting that we send to you From the land where palm trees sway, Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright, The sun to shine by day and all…