Astrid Needs HSCT Dr Burt
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First and foremost, Hello and Thank You for coming to our gofundme site! This fundraiser is for my wife Astrid Trotter, and we are seeking funds toward living expenses, travel, and medical treatment for her.
We were recently given the grim news that she has developed multiple lesions in her brain and spine consistent with RRM Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This disease is one that is not well understood by doctors. There have been leaps and bounds over the last 20 years and they do have an approved method of treatment. This treatment does not cure the disease; rather, it is called a "disease modifying drug," or DMD.
In the course of our personal research, my wife found a doctor in Chicago, Dr. Richard K. Burt (MD), that is administering a stem-cell transplant therapy that has been shown to halt and even reverse the symptoms of the disease!
Dr. Burt's page at Northwestern: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=14172
Stem Cell Research Facts article:
http://www.stemcellresearchfacts.org/dr-richard-burt/
(this article has quite a few videos and links! check out the Telegraph article linked there!)
We absolutely must get her there to Chicago... we have to try every possible avenue to get her well again. And according to our research, this is the best way to do so!
Unfortunately our insurance is battling against us in our fight to get to Chicago. We were able to get Astrid evaluated by the doctor, and accepted as a patient. However, we thus far have not had any luck or headway with the actual treatment getting covered. At this point we are stuck treading water with this.
Any donation helps. Anything!
Astrid's MRI (brain) showing lesions.
We were recently given the grim news that she has developed multiple lesions in her brain and spine consistent with RRM Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This disease is one that is not well understood by doctors. There have been leaps and bounds over the last 20 years and they do have an approved method of treatment. This treatment does not cure the disease; rather, it is called a "disease modifying drug," or DMD.
In the course of our personal research, my wife found a doctor in Chicago, Dr. Richard K. Burt (MD), that is administering a stem-cell transplant therapy that has been shown to halt and even reverse the symptoms of the disease!
Dr. Burt's page at Northwestern: http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=14172
Stem Cell Research Facts article:
http://www.stemcellresearchfacts.org/dr-richard-burt/
(this article has quite a few videos and links! check out the Telegraph article linked there!)
We absolutely must get her there to Chicago... we have to try every possible avenue to get her well again. And according to our research, this is the best way to do so!
Unfortunately our insurance is battling against us in our fight to get to Chicago. We were able to get Astrid evaluated by the doctor, and accepted as a patient. However, we thus far have not had any luck or headway with the actual treatment getting covered. At this point we are stuck treading water with this.
Any donation helps. Anything!
Astrid's MRI (brain) showing lesions.
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Astrid Trotter
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San Antonio, TX
