'Your Own Stem Cells Work!'
Carron Marrow's Story
By Chuck Colson Aug 22. 2007
An event planner named Carron Morrow says she had two choices when it
came to treating a serious heart condition: Sign liability papers for
an unusual new treatment—or drop dead.
Enlarge this Image Not surprisingly, she chose to sign the papers—and
became another stem-cell miracle: An adult stem-cell miracle, that is.
Carron, a 58-year-old Alabama mother, was in bad shape last year
after suffering four heart attacks. The right side of her heart was
functioning at less than 50 percent. Carron needed a new heart—but
100,000 people were ahead of her on the transplant list.
By fall, she told Citizen Link, "I couldn't walk 20 feet without
being on somebody's arm." Her church rallied round her in prayer.
Meanwhile, Carron's nurse was researching adult stem-cell therapies
and discovered a groundbreaking study at the Texas Heart Institute.
Researchers agreed to include Carron in the study, which included
surgery not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
In October, surgeons removed 500ccs of bone marrow from Carron's left
hip. The cells were cultivated, and four hours later, 30 million stem
cells were injected into the right side of Carron's heart.
Within two months, Carron relates, "I could sing a whole song at
church," and was back at work. Four months later, she had another CT
scan to see how her heart was functioning. The news could not have
been more—well, heart-stopping.
As Carron put it: "The doctor calls and says, `Ma'am, the right side
of your heart is normal.' I was in la-la land for several days." The
procedure cost just $600. Not a bad price for what amounts to a brand-
new heart.
When Carron came down to earth, she had a question for her doctor: "I
don't understand," she said, "why we have this huge political mess
going on about stem cells. I'm living proof that adult stem cells
work far better than embryonic." And she adds: "Why should embryonic
[stem-cells] even be in the discussion?" Good question.
I'd love to hear her testimony the next time Congress lectures us—
that is, debates the morality of funding embryo-destructive stem-cell
research. But I'm not holding my breath. Too many members of Congress
are too busy calling conservatives and Christians "anti-science.
They're too busy trying to convince Americans that research involving
embryonic stem cells, not adult stem cells, is destined to cure a
multitude of diseases—despite the notable lack of success. Why?
Because embryonic stem cell research is potentially far more
lucrative than research involving adult stem cells.
Meanwhile, the list of people being helped or cured by adult stem
cell procedures has become almost too long to keep track of. Medical
advances just in the last few months include using adult stem cells
from bone marrow to create heart valves. They've been used to
successfully treat children with juvenile diabetes, and patients with
lupus, liver cancer, paralysis, and Parkinson's. Absolutely
remarkable.
Meanwhile, Carron Morrow isn't waiting to get that call from
Congress. She doesn't need the halls of Congress to tell the world
the truth about how adult stem cells saved her life—without
destroying anyone else's. As she put it: "I hope God lets me shout it
from the rooftop: `Your own stem cells work!'"
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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