Jeannine
10-05-2009, 12:33 PM
Stem Cell Therapy Gives Paralyzed, Blinded Man New HopeDavid Aldrich Paralyzed, Blinded In Swimming Accident
A Delray Beach man who nearly drowned in a swimming accident has a new lease on life thanks to stem cell therapy.
David Aldrich depends on a wheelchair and his speech is slurred. Aldrich suffered serious injuries after a swimming accident in 2002.
Aldrich said he dove off the back of a boat that was anchored in shallow water and hit his head. When he wasn't pulled out soon enough, Aldrich stopped breathing and nearly drowned.
Doctors placed Aldrich in a medically-induced coma.
"They didn't expect me to live a week," Aldrich said.
When he woke up months later, Aldrich was on a ventilator, paralyzed from the chest down. He was also 100 percent blind.
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A Delray Beach man who nearly drowned in a swimming accident has a new lease on life thanks to stem cell therapy.
David Aldrich depends on a wheelchair and his speech is slurred. Aldrich suffered serious injuries after a swimming accident in 2002.
Aldrich said he dove off the back of a boat that was anchored in shallow water and hit his head. When he wasn't pulled out soon enough, Aldrich stopped breathing and nearly drowned.
Doctors placed Aldrich in a medically-induced coma.
"They didn't expect me to live a week," Aldrich said.
When he woke up months later, Aldrich was on a ventilator, paralyzed from the chest down. He was also 100 percent blind.
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http://www.wpbf.com/news/21200404/detail.html