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Gordie had a haemorrhagic stroke in October 2014: a blood vessel burst in his brain, killing cells in the thalamus, an area of the brain that controls motor function.
He was unable to move his right arm or leg and as he worsened, doctors had nothing to offer him and only recommended palliative care, his sons Murray and Marty Howe said in an interview with W5.
With nothing to lose, they took him to the Santa Clarita clinic, run by Novastem, a company in Tijuana, Mexico to take part in an experimental stem cell study. His treatment took place in December 2014. A day after his treatment, he was up and walking.
“Absolutely mind blowing. I have been doing medicine for 28 years and I have never seen that in a stroke patient, especially some one going downhill like my dad was,” says Murray, who is a radiologist in Toledo, Ohio.
“To me it is clear cut, you have a man on his death bed and he has a treatment and eight hours later he can walk and talk you put two and two together. I don’t see it as placebo effect, ” he says.
“This for real,” adds Marty, a former professional hockey player himself. “Gordie is a strong man , but I don’t think that was it. It was definitely the stem cells that made this happen.”
Click video link above to see the progress Gordie is making now, four months on.
Source: CTV NEWS VIDEO NETWORK
