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Sams Stem Cell Treatment

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My name is Kirsten and me and my family live in Northern Ireland.
Recently we were given some news about my little broter Sam.
 Sam is an extremely energetic and mischevious 6 year oldboy, he loves car rides and cartoons. Sam is also severely autistic and struggles with extreme learning disabilities. Unfortunately this means his communication is little to none and we find it a daily struggle to figure out what he wants because he is not able to speak. 
Sam can only eat certain foods at certain textures and specific drinks also at set times every single day, he also refuses to eat outside of his own home meaning someone always needs to be at home to provide him with his meals. Because of Sams disabilities his mental age is that of a baby and his awareness of danger is zero. The house has to be constantly locked even when we are inside to stop him from running out into the street, locks have been put on the outside of most bedrooms as Sam is quite strong and causes damage to a lot of property during fits of rage or when he is extremely sensory.
Once before Sam severly injured himself and because he wasnt able to speak he screamed for hours straight and it killed us because we didnt know what was wrong with him, he couldnt cope in the hospital and had to be put to sleep for treatment.
All money donated will be put towards Stem cell treatment. Recently my mother was contacted and told that sam was selected to receive this treatment but it was not covered by the NHS because the treatment was in America.
This treatment has had over an 82% success rating and works by replacing the damaged stem cells with ones donated by healthy umbilical cords or bone marrow.
Because of the high success rating there is a high chance that this treatment can improve sams communication, and hopefully one day allowing him to speak to his family like every child should be able to do.

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Kirsten Kerr
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