John Update: "But Wait... There's More!"

Of the many blessings that Dawn experienced on this journey was the absolute honor of going thru the transplant procedure with a wonderful, brilliant women from Texas named Cynthia. Cynthia is approximately 15 years Dawn’s senior and is to nutrition what Yoda is to the ways of The Force.

Translation to all non-Star Wars geeks: She a nutritional bad-ass!

It will be via Cynthia’s guidance that Dawn will maintain a post-treatment nutritional protocol that will help the cell transplant stick, remain active and progressing.

For the sake of other’s following Dawn’s journey in hopes of this procedure being an option for themselves or a loved one… I’ll do my best to keep everyone updated on Cynthia’s condition, progress and input. Perhaps someday soon we’ll get her to do a “Guest-Blog” and share her wealth of knowledge of keeping this wondrous machine we call our body running at top-notch condition.

Here are her one week post-treatment “victories”:

1. Able to pick feet up and walk with walker, not just slide feet

2. Better than 50% reduction in inflammation of legs, ankles and feet

3. Able to do leg lifts with light weight at gym for first time in 10 years

4. Increase in mental acuity

5. Feeling much less fatigued

6. Can stand and remain solidly balanced on her feet – unable to do so prior to surgery

There you have it. It’s not just happening to Dawn… these results are real and life-changing. Congratulations to Cynthia and her wonderful crew. We made three life-long friends during our time with Dr. Andrade. Cynthia and Co. will be a significant part of a much bigger story moving forward.

God bless our new comrades! God bless Cynthia’s progress!