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our expectations for the first treatment,we really were hoping that he would talk, because at the age of 9 flynn couldn't talk.that was our main goal, and main hope was for flynn to be able to talk. my name is frazer rigby, and this is my sonflynn rigby, and we are from australia. cairns, australia. flynn was born at 23 and a half weeks gestation,so extremely premature. we knew there would be big problems because he was born so early,but we hoped that, over time, everything would be fine but - obviously they weren't. flynn'severy stage of his development, was severely delayed, so we knew that we had to do something.whatever we could to help him.

his condition is a result of his cerebellumnot developing, and also those lesions and damage to the brain. as a result of that finemotor skills have been severely affected. speech has been the major problem. he wasable to walk, he was able to reach those milestones, they were delayed, but speech has been onethat up until the age of nine, flynn, he could not talk. the transformation in flynn from before toafter the stem cell treatment has been significant. flynn could not speak and after the treatmenthe could talk. his fine motor skills, in terms of just walking, and riding a bike now, andswimming, and interacting with his peers and

wanting to be a part of society has been asignificant change in flynn. his reading of books, his comprehension has improved andwe are hoping that it will continue to do so. our experience at better being hospital, flynny,has been very good. the staff have been fantastic, the facilities are great, very very similarto our western facilities at home... and it's been very organized and so we've been veryhappy. haven't we flynn? we would definitely recommend stem cell treatmentto people who are looking for some success or potentially some improvements in all typesof conditions in australia. certainly, it has helped flynn, and i'm sure that it couldhelp many people

if they did choose to go down that path. just for us, our journey has been, has beenphenomenal. phenomenal, you know and we've had community support. and the success, weknow that it's all, the majority of that has to do with the stem cells treatment.