NAME: Adrian Blazevic

Gender:    Male
                                   
COUNTRY: Australia  

AGE: 21 years old

You can read the blog written by Adrian’s brother during treatment at:  http://www.stemcellschina.com/blogs/Adrian/

REASON FOR TREATMENT:   On February 2004 Adrian had fall from a cliff 30 meters high while walking with his friends. His spine was not broken, but his brain was damaged. Adrian is wheelchair bound, non verbal, eating through a feeding tube and dependant in all his care. Adrian is cognitive and communicates through his eyes, his laughter and few sounds.

DIAGNOSIS: Traumatic Brain Injury

BEGINNING OF TREATMENT: December 14th 2007

CONDITION BEFORE THE TREATMENT:
See Videos: before1 , before2 , before3

Before the treatment Adrian had high spasms in all his muscles and especially in his hands and upper body. He used to hold his palms clenched and his arms locked up to his chest. He would hold his mouth open most of the time because his jaw was very tense.
Adrian could make two definable sounds that were recognized by his family as ‘yes’ and ‘no’. He had trouble sleeping and his mother would often give him sleeping pills. His body was very tense, he could not hold his upper body independently while sitting or during physical therapy, his face muscles were tense and allowed him very few facial movements or expressions.

AFTER STEM CELL TREATMENT:
See Videos: after1 , after2 , after3 , after4

After the first month of treatment Adrian’s most significant improvement was that his face muscles were much more relaxed and he had had more facial expressions. His jaws were looser and he was now able to hold his mouth closed while in a natural position.
He was sleeping much better and didn’t use any sleeping pills. His muscles became more relaxed and stronger. He started to eat some solid food by mouth. His arms were getting less tight, and he held a more relaxed posture.

After 8 weeks of treatment Adrian looked more aware and awake. He could track and follow people much better with his eyes, the sounds he made were more clear and defined and he was able to make new sounds he did not do before. His arm movement had improved: he could now lift his arms higher and control them a little better. He could control his legs better and could carry more weight on them while exercising and walking, he could do few steps while being held from the back. When being held to a standing positing he could hold his upper body better than before. He could stand on his knees for a short while – an exercise he had never done before.
His skin color changed and looked healthier. Adrian had overall improvement.

Since his accident Adrian had gone through daily rehabilitation yet In the last half a year before the treatment Adrian had almost no improvements at all.

Adrian went back to Australia with his Family. They are hoping to come back for another treatment in 6 months.