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Woman Credits Stem Cells for Walking Again 11/22/2006
Ricci Kilgore is a part of the international research with stem cell treatments. She’s a Reno High graduate who suffered a paralyzing accident at the age of 19. In fact, she was told she’d never walk again. 7 years after her accident, she is walking again. And she believes it’s the stem cells that are making it possible.
She works out at least 4 times a week. Her recovery is one step at a time. Her spirit is unbreakable and her progress for the most part is unbelievable. She credits hard work, a good attitude and stem cell treatments.
“I was paralyzed from my waist down when I first went down there,” Kilgore said. “Within the first 2 treatments, I’ve gained 65% back of the muscle mass and motor control and it just continues to get better.”
Kilgore is working with U.S. doctors who do stem cell treatments at a clinic in the Dominican Republic. She said it’s amazing how the cells seem to work.
“It knows exactly what to do,” Kilgore said. “They’re not programmed. That takes a lot out of you and I tell people you know, how kids are growing up and they are so tired when and when they take naps. That’s exactly how I feel. There is so much regeneration going on in their bodies to try and keep up. So you’re tired all the time.”
Ron Conaster has been working with Kilgore for about a year now.
A world class athlete in high school, Kilgore was headed for the Olympics in pole vaulting before the accident. She still takes on every sport that strikes her fancy and was listed 4th in the U.S. for disabled skiing last year. But it’s her overall progress here that’s most important to her.
“I thought when she first came in that we’d see subtle changes,” Conaster said. “But the changes are huge. They, they’re unexplainable really.”
“I’m totally a true believer in the stem cells,” Kilgore said. “But I know if I didn’t do things to stimulate them with activities they wouldn’t be turning on.”
Kilgore has invested more than $30,000 in the treatments so far, so her commitment is a financial workout too. And it’s all political but to her, it’s worth the risk.
“Of course it’s taking chances,” Kilgore said. “I’d be used as a guinea pig. But somebody’s got to do that, somebody’s got to take that role.”
And she says if the able-bodied could walk in her shoes, they too would feel the need to take a chance.
Woman Credits Stem Cells for Walking Again 11/22/2006
Ricci Kilgore is a part of the international research with stem cell treatments. She’s a Reno High graduate who suffered a paralyzing accident at the age of 19. In fact, she was told she’d never walk again. 7 years after her accident, she is walking again. And she believes it’s the stem cells that are making it possible.
She works out at least 4 times a week. Her recovery is one step at a time. Her spirit is unbreakable and her progress for the most part is unbelievable. She credits hard work, a good attitude and stem cell treatments.
“I was paralyzed from my waist down when I first went down there,” Kilgore said. “Within the first 2 treatments, I’ve gained 65% back of the muscle mass and motor control and it just continues to get better.”
Kilgore is working with U.S. doctors who do stem cell treatments at a clinic in the Dominican Republic. She said it’s amazing how the cells seem to work.
“It knows exactly what to do,” Kilgore said. “They’re not programmed. That takes a lot out of you and I tell people you know, how kids are growing up and they are so tired when and when they take naps. That’s exactly how I feel. There is so much regeneration going on in their bodies to try and keep up. So you’re tired all the time.”
Ron Conaster has been working with Kilgore for about a year now.
A world class athlete in high school, Kilgore was headed for the Olympics in pole vaulting before the accident. She still takes on every sport that strikes her fancy and was listed 4th in the U.S. for disabled skiing last year. But it’s her overall progress here that’s most important to her.
“I thought when she first came in that we’d see subtle changes,” Conaster said. “But the changes are huge. They, they’re unexplainable really.”
“I’m totally a true believer in the stem cells,” Kilgore said. “But I know if I didn’t do things to stimulate them with activities they wouldn’t be turning on.”
Kilgore has invested more than $30,000 in the treatments so far, so her commitment is a financial workout too. And it’s all political but to her, it’s worth the risk.
“Of course it’s taking chances,” Kilgore said. “I’d be used as a guinea pig. But somebody’s got to do that, somebody’s got to take that role.”
And she says if the able-bodied could walk in her shoes, they too would feel the need to take a chance.
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