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For almost three decades, Wendy Peacock needed to inject insulin to live.But since August 18, the day in which he submitted to a revolutionary cell transplantIt depends on it.
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 17, it had to monitor and monitor its diet constantly.His condition reached such gravity that he even became insensitive to the symptoms of the decline in blood sugar, which put his life at risk.
Although they have elapsed shortly after surgery, this 43 -year -old Texan seems1.25 million Americans, including about 200 thousand young people.
“We transplant the body of Wendy Insulin producing cells, which were attached to the omento (the inner layer that covers the stomach organs) through a simple laparoscopy and with the help of the Trombin enzyme, which fixes them so that they do not take off moreAnd so that they can be absorbed by the blood, the true innovation of this treatment, ”explained the doctors responsible for the case.
The transplant was in charge of Camillo Ricordi and Rodolfo Alejandro - both DRI investigators and experts in cell transplants - and the surgeons Gaetano Ciancio and José Martínez, of Jackson Hospital.
The results seem to be very successful."We had estimated that he received insulin for another month, but he has proven not to need it," said Dr. Alejandro.
"Going to sleep without the concern that my sugar levels fall dramatically feels as if they had taken away a huge weight from above," said the patient, who works as a legal consultant and is Sean Paul's mother, a 5 -year -old boywho adopted being just a baby: "It's my reason to live," he says excitedly.
Before the operation, both lived with Wendy's parents, because he was not in a position to take care of himself.Now he plans to return to San Antonio, Texas and start over.
Not depending on insulin will make everything easier, your routine will normalize.Although he has been diet for 26 years and does not know if he can now eat ice cream (a taste that he had never been able to afford), doing so does not represent a risk to his health."I can jog down without having to worry about eating before."
When he talks about his family, he can't help crying."Without your support none of this would have been possible."His father traveled with her to Miami on August 16, two days before the operation he was waiting for since February last year, when he enrolled in the program to see if he was eligible.
During the next year, Wetal awaits quarterly checks.Then, an annual checking to see how treatment progresses, which is inserted into one of the most novel branches of medicine: biomedicine, which works with cell regeneration.
Six new patients will be submitted soon to this procedure, which is already awakening the interest of a good number of hospitals and clinics around the world.Neither the Uheath-Jackson nor the DRI is interested in having the exclusivity of the treatment.On the contrary, they want the scope to be increasing.
“The great challenge we face now is to be able to develop, in the laboratory, insulin producing cells, because we cannot depend solely on pancreas donations.That would be very delayed that the treatment becomes massive.We hope to make about 20 or 30 transplants next year, ”said Dr. Ricardi.
WHO estimates that by 2030 diabetes will be the seventh cause of death of theworld population, so their prevention and cure are fundamental concerns for current medicine.The innovative proposal of the DRI and the Uhealth-Jackson represents a huge step in the fight to eradicate it.
For now, Wendy Peacock seems to have won her long battle against this disease and now has the hope of enjoying a life, which does not depend on insulin, along with her son and her family.
Source: Univision / Kelly Martínez
