Gracie is a smart, loving, energetic, 5 year-old girl. She looks and acts like a typical toddler, but she is special. When Gracie was 7 months old, she was diagnosed with Septo-Optic Dysplasia and Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. SOD is a hormone disorder that is categorized by having a small pituitary gland (the hormone controller of the brain), small optic nerves (optic nerve hypoplasia), and missing part of the brain (in Gracie's case, it is the septum pellucidum). At this point, Gracie's only problem with this disorder is that she is visually impaired and legally blind. She is still too young to measure the exact amount she can see. At some point in her life, it is likely that she could develop a hormone imbalance. Every doctor has said that there is nothing that can be done to improve her disorder nor her vision.

As her mother, I am determined to give Gracie the best quality of life possible. I stumbled upon a website for Beike Biotech after learning that there has been continuous research on SOD/ONH. I have found that umbilical cord stem cell treatments have been used in China for several years. This treatment is still being researched in the US and will not be available for many more years. Beike Biotech offers hope for people with many different disorders to have a better quality of life. Umbilical cord stem cell treatments have helped thousands of people and hundreds who have the same diagnoses as Gracie. My hope for Gracie is to gain vision through umbilical cord stem cell treatments in Qingdao, China through Beike Biotech. Gracie has been accepted for treatment, and it will cost us a great amount of money to get this done. We are hoping to raise around $25,000 to cover the cost of treatment, travel, and other expenses.

Any and all support in sending Gracie to China for a chance of greater vision is deeply appreciated!

With sincere gratitude,

Abby Green
(Gracie's mommy)


Please visit the "Links" page or e-mail me directly (abbygreen@hotmail.com) to learn more!

 


"As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus, 'but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."   John 9:1-3