Stem cell research could cure any disease...
why wouldnt anyone support stem cell research?

I am thankful to know that there is hope for tbi patients. my husband and best friend was in a car accident on 1/24/2007 and has a brain stem injury.
He is speaking but the doctors don't know if he will walk again. I am believing 100% in a miracle for him.
i would appreciate if everyone would pray for him. His
name is Ron.

My daughter, 20 years old now was in a car accident in august 2002, in a coma during 4 months.The recovery is very long and slow but she talks, she remembers everybody, she is a wonderful girl, has a lot of humour. She does not walk, does not have her balance but there is progress, I am still hoping for better of course and since yesterday with the democrats who go for the stem cells, I am very positive.... It will take time but it worth it.....
God wanted her to live and we are so grateful.

I hope that Mr. Wallis will make a 100% recovery and that medical science will come up with something for people with Tramatic brain injuries that will help everyone make a full recovery. I suffered a TBI 4 years ago that has left me partally blind and the only thing that might help is stem cell therapy.
The thing that makes me mad is organized religon that sticks their nose into "What medical science can do research in". The day when cell therapy has a cure or at least a treatment to help those with brain injurys is long overdue and you can help by contacting your elected officals and tell them "That you want our tax dollars to be spent on research like stem cell therapy" to help save lives.

terry is a long ways from being 100% he still needs therapy and so many blocks are thrown in the way so that he cant get what he needs. the therapy that terry gets is what the family provides. somehow we have to get terry some professional therapy. i can only imagine how far he could go if he had the proper professional help along with the family love and support he gets now.
i hear terry say every day " im so happy" he smiles and jokes , especially with mom. telling us your so good to me and im happy to be alive.
i want to help him any way i can and im thinking terry is going to go all the way. he will be walking and doing for himself one of these days.
thanks everyone for the help and prayers.
they are very much appreciated
thanks,
Tammy

Yeah; I see a lot of that lately: especially those who supposedly had been confined to wheelchairs. I just tell them this: you don't have to stay in that wheelchair, unless you want to; and you know, I've gotten three or four people to listen to me, and now they're walking. The only problem seems to be for those who listen too much to their doctors. Once doc goes in there and cuts you up, I don't think those delicate nerve endings can easily be reconnected by self-will -- if at all. You should be careful, though, but if it were me -- and once it was -- I would force myself with all my might until I won. I think in most cases you do, but its hard to talk to those who are unconscous. They've really got to "find it within themselves", and with noone to assist them either.

This is a very interesting story. If I understand Mr. Wallis's situation correctly...he was not "plugged in". Comments that imply that he or his family are fortunate that no one "pulled the plug" are not only inaccurate but insensitive to those who have been faced with the heartwrenching experience of having a loved one exist in a persistent vegetative state with the assistance of equipment.

My Daughter was 14 when she was in a 4-wheeler accident. She was in a coma for 6 weeks, after intense rehab-learning to walk, feed herself, dress,go the bathroom she was sent home as a 4 year old. School came in September and she was home-bound for 1 year. Julie is now 22, she received her license at 19 and attends adult ed. Julie has a total loss of her life before her accident she does not even know herself in a childhood picture. Even though her life and ours has changed 100%, she is here with us and trying to be a normal beautiful young lady. Life is sometimes very hard for her but we all know God has a plan for her and we are thankful everyday. Please dont give up. TBI is not the end of life but a new beginning.

Hi, I just read about the man on the road to recovery after 19 yrs in a semi coma.

I too was in a coma from a Brain stem injury for 6 weeks. I miraculously recovered because of my own determination and seeing my brothers and sisters walking and talking around me while in my coma. I even ate a popsicle in my coma state. So you see, people in coma's or semi comatose states are capable of eating real food via their mouth. I feel it aided in my waking up by tasting real food.

I had to learn to talk, walk and dress myself all over again. One of the best recovery tactics done with me was, taking me for walks up and down several flights of stairs. I lived in a two story house before my accident and needed to be able to go to bed in the upstairs.

Pushing the brain to excel in Mathematics aids in Recovery. Keep a patients synaptic nerves firing as much as possible. It speeds in the development of new nerve endings when the shorted-out nerves that were damaged cannot sustain the over-load. I still to this day push myself in many walks of life and get frustrated, but I've learned that, for me to get frustrated, is a learning experience. I'll sit down and be frustrated for a bit, and then BAM, it hits me and I solve the equation, or whatever it is that puzzles me.

Thanks, Marty Taft

hello, i too was a victim of a drunk driver in 1961. i was in a coma for 43 days, from july 9,1961 until august 19, 1961. i sustained a compound fracture of my right let, which left my right leg 2 1/2 inches shorter than the left leg. i had severe brain damage which left me with memory problems, double vision which i still suffer from today. im 53 years old. my right leg is still about 1 1/2 inches short which causes me tremendous pain. i saw the fellow who just work up after 19 years in a coma and say praise GOD, he keeps me going as i am confident that He will keep Terry Wallis going too. i have the letters from the doctors if you need me to fax them to you. the doctors called me a walking miracle, in 1961 they didn't know how to treat brain injuries like they treat them today. every 6 months i would go to the doctor to get my right leg measured to see if it had grown and it would grow a little every time.
i still suffer from the memory problems, pain in my body form not being able to walk right. altough i have two college degrees, i had to work 10 times harder than the average person to get them. i am limited to the work i can do.

This brings me hope. My mom suffered a brain anuerism on Valentine's Day, 2006. She's currently recovering from her brain injury at TIRR, in Houston, but the progress is painstakingly slow. I know she will come around in time. Although, my mom is expected to make a remarkable recovery within a year or so, Terry Wallis' story shows our family and others never to give up. It's nice to see another miracle happen. It's also nice to see MSN, and other media outlets, talking about this amazing story, because it bring's attention to patient's with severe brain injuries.

Truly heart-warming! My prayers go out to all the families who struggle with, and triumph over this situation.

As I read this, I find hope that has been lost for our family. My now, 29 year old son, Mark was injured in a police car accident on March 24, 2005. He is severely disabled and now at Texas Neuro Rehab in Austin, Texas. He was a college football player, avid golfer, and a father to two young girls. Life as we had known it as a close family has faded away. We live in Quanah, Texas seven hours from my son. I probably at age 60 will not live to see the outcome-but continue to grieve for our lost son and the girls their lost father. Today we celebrated his oldest daughter's 5th birthday--her second since the father she knew was hurt. We did this here in Austin and will return to Quanah to celebrate with her friends. This article gives me "one bright glimmer of hope". I will follow closely and continue to pray that God heals my son however slowly.

Thank you for this interesting story regarding Mr Wallis. I am sure his daughter is glad that no one "pulled the plug" before she was able to know who her father was/is. We need more stories of hope, love, and nuturing of family members. The life cycle doesn't just stop when someone is injured.