Robot Allows Sick Boy to Attend School

Six comments so far -- ALL SPAM!!!!! What is wrong with this site that this is permitted?!?

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I sure hope they can find a way to create transplants from the person's own stem cells. For example skin, cells have been found to have some properties of creating a person's own stem cells. There is even research now being conducted a some University about creating hearts, pancreas, livers, and other types of veins to be transplanted. I saw it on Dr. Oz.

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Lyndon should take daily Pau D'Arco It is natural and it helps build up the immune system

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I think this is wonderful... my mom has polycystic kidney disease and she has been battling it for 15 years... my god be with you little boy...

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Mia,,,Keep your damn spam in the can where it belongs. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR TRASH!

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No, Timothy, he shouldn't take ANYTHING that the nephrologist doesn't okay first. PKD isn't all that rare of a disease either. I've been dealing with it for 14 years and had both of my kidneys removed three years ago. All transplant patients have their immune systems compromised, to keep from their body's rejection of the new kidney.

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ALL transplant patient end up with some lowering of their immune system so that the transplanted organ (which is a forgien object) is not attacked and rejected. I have had 2 kidney transplants in my life, the first when I was 25 years old and after early 23 years a second since the first one "wore out". I have also been very thankful that my immune system has not "ramp up" during any of that time where I had to go on ultra high doses of immuosupression meds that would have left me in a similar situation as Lyndon Baty. I wish Lyndon all the best and do hope that at some point (sooner than later) he is able to lessen his meds and be able to venture outdoors and interact directly with his peers and others.

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I myself have not had a kidney transplant, but rather my health issue was with my Liver. I was diagnosed 5 years ago with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis of the Liver at the age of 31, and was told there are three stages of liver disease catagories that people fall into. The first being told that the liver will last up to a year before needing transplant, the second being from 1-5 years life expectancy without a transplant, and lastly 5-10 years life expectancy without transplant. I fell into the 1-5 year and was lucky to have it last so long before finally needing a transplant.

I always feel very fortunate each and every new day of my life with my 3rd liver now in just one year's time since my first transplant. I got my first liver transplant just last year in February, but it clotted and two months later I became really sick and was in the hospital for a month, for which about two weeks was spent in ICU and most of that time was spent incubated(ie I had a breathing apparatus that breathed for me and I was out of it most of the time and had feeding tubes in me and such).

By the end of April last year, just two months and a week after my first liver transplant, another liver was found for me and I underwent my second transplant. Since then I have had some complications, what with getting an infection in the bloodstream that had me in the hospital for another month back in October after which I spent several months at home on antibiotics through an iv. I've since been doing well, with no signs of any infection showing in my blood cultures ever since.

I want to wish this family and their son the best and God bless, and to all who are suffering from some similiar illness or otherwise.

For those who are just starting out on their first year after having just been diagnosed with needing a transplant of one kind or another, don't give up hope. I know that you may feel helpless or alone in this at times, but just realize that you are not alone. There are other people out there just like you who have been through what you are going through now and there are usually support groups at the hospital or transplant clinic in your area that you can go to to share with people going through the same thing as you are.

And don't forget that your family is going through this with you as well, just from a different perspective. This is just as hard for them if not more difficult. I know my parents took the news of my needing a liver transplant much harder than I did, and it has been harder on them probably than it has on me, mentally and spiritually at least. They may not show it so much, but that is because they are trying to be strong for both you and for your family.

Anyway, good luck to you all and yes someone spare us from the infernal spam bots.

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I wish this boy all the best of luck. I can never imagine myself in his shoes but I do know that he is an inspiration for many other people with this deadly disease... him and his family are in my prayers.

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Lydon,you hang in there,with time you will be fine,just remember,it takes time

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Yeah, and you are probably a fat slob couch potato living with your mom. What a hateful thing to say. He probably doesn't look 15 because kidney disease and immumosuppressants stunt a child's growth. Have some compassion (if you even know what that means). I think he's a cute kid, and I wish him the best. You, however, I hope contracts butt cancer.

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How sad for that young man.

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Cool robot technology. Awesome kid!

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What's even nicer Missy is that all the things your talking about such as the cloning of organs can be done without stemcells.

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how can you get robot machine i wish get one i have hard time go outside i still afraid getting sick germ i have problem system of bone light easy broke and get me sick so i have to be very carefull not get worse sick i keeping clean all the time

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