One night as Cartaze was heading home from a friend's house; he fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed his car into a tree. The injuries he sustained resulted in paralysis from the chest down. Doctors at home were not at all optimistic about his condition and not even physical therapy was made available to him. Cartaze, however still had hope of some improvement and decided to come to China for stem cell treatment.

From the time of Cartaze's accident until his arrival to Beijing, Cartaze had been confined to a bed. On arrival to Beijing, it was discovered that he had developed large bedsores and sheet burns on both his legs which had become seriously infected. Because of this, he had suffered third degree burns on the lower parts of his legs. Since he had lost sensation due to the accident, he was unable to feel that the injury was so severe.

On arrival to China, the muscles in both hands and his legs had wasted away and the joints of his fingers and wrists were rigid. This meant that doing chores was extremely difficult for him and he needed much assistance with his daily life activities. The motor range of his shoulders was also limited; he could not lift his arms higher than his head. While the muscles in his arms were very weak, there was also no strength in his leg-muscles, making it impossible for Cartaze to walk by himself. He could not move his legs at all, even with effort.

After treatment:

November 16th, 2008

"Dr. Xi: My legs, feet, toes, and my bottom, the tingling or sensation is getting stronger...I can't move them yet, but I can still feel it when I try to move them... The other day I was sitting in the wheelchair, and my leg stood straight out by itself. My fingers have been moving a lot, but I don't know if they are moving by themselves..."

December 6th, 2008

"He is still having improvements. He has some feelings in his feet now. Also he is able to feel his stomach muscles below the injury now."

February 8th, 2009

"Cartaze is having new feelings with his body: he is itching, in groin area he is having feeling, he really is feeling in his heels now, his fingers are more flexible,  more grasp, and he is still having a lot of leg movements more up and down. "

October 30th, 2009

"Cartaze is having quiet a lot of new improvements, he is having intense sensation on his low back and buttock's, when I wash him at times he will jump and ask me what I am doing . His grasping is much better , he can hold small things which he could not do before, he can hold a can when drinking juice and he can even use a lighter and he can even stike matches, he canplay the WII, boxing, football, etc. with control, balance has improvement".

June 17th, 2010

Cartaze's mother email to us:

"I have told my son to e-mail you what is going on with him.   One thing is he is having more feeling in his body, his body reacts to touch now and he jumps and his hands ball up real tight, his legs has been jumping all over the place (not sideways but straight up), I was standing talking to him.

A few years later, the patient went to Wu Stem Cells Medical Center for the second treatment.

The second round treatment:
Admission Date: 2011-11-22
Days Admitted to the Hospital: 162
Before treatment:

The patient fell and punctured both buttocks one year ago. There is no history of hypertension, diabetes, hepatitis or tuberculosis. There is no history of blood transfusions. There is no history of drug allergies. The vaccination history is not clear.

Admission PE:
Bp: 108/67mmHg; Hr: 78/min. The examination of the heart, lungs and abdomen showed no obvious abnormalities. There was a funnel shaped surface wound on the left buttock. The size was about 2cm*3cm, and the depth was 1-5cm. There were scars left over from the burn wounds on the lower limbs. The skin was tender. There were no bed sores. The feet had mild-non-pitting edema.

Nervous System Examination:
Cartaze was alert and his speech was clear and distinct. The memory, calculation abilities and orientation were normal. Both pupils were equal in size and their diameter was 3.0mms. Both eyeballs could move freely and the pupils reacted normally to light stimulus. The forehead wrinkle pattern was symmetrical. The tongue was centered in the oral cavity and the teeth were shown without deflection. There was moderate muscle atrophy in the big thenar and interosseus muscles of both hands. The muscle strength of both upper limbs was level 5 (not including the hands). The holding power of both hands was level 2; the outreach muscle strength was level 1. The muscle strength of both lower limbs was level 1. There were irregular spasms. The muscle tone of both upper limbs was normal. The muscle tone of both lower limbs was low. The flexion, adduction, abduction, internal rotation and external rotation movements were limited. The flexion of the knee joints was limited and could only bend 80 degrees. The right Achilles' tendon had contracture, resulting in right toefallen. The patient could sit up by himself. With some assistance with moving the lower limbs, the patient could turn over. With some assistance, the patient could transfer himself from the bed to the wheelchair. There were sweat in the head, right upper limb and the right upper half of the trunk from the chest median line and the T8. The shallow sensation above the T3 was normal. The pain sensation below the T3 was diminished. The sensation in the right side of the body between the T3 and T4 segments were diminished, and the pain sensation below the T4 was disappearred. The pain sensation outside both upper lateral C4-C7 was normal, and the pain sensation inside the C8-T2 was diminished, and it was about 60-70% external. The deep sensation above the trunk T3 was normal. The deep sensation between the T4 and T8 was diminished. The deep sensation below the T8 was diminished. The deep sensation outside both upper lateral C4-C7 and inside the T1-T2 was normal. The bilateral C8 lower limbs' topesthesia and kinesthesia was not clear. The bilateral biceps reflex, radial periosteal reflex, triceps reflex and patellar tendon reflex could be elicited. The bilateral ankle reflex was not elicited. The abdominal reflexes were not elicited. The Hoffmann's sign was(-,+)£¬the Rossolimo's sign was(-,+)the bilateral palm jaw reflex was(-,-). The sucking reflex was negative. The bilateral Babinski's sign was negative. His both sides could do the finger-to-nose test in a stable manner. The patient was able to complete the rapid rotation test normally. He had difficulty with heel-knee-shin test. The meningeal irritation sign was negative.

Treatment and Post-treatment:
The patient received neurological rehabilitation.

After treatment:
After rehabilitation therapy, the patient's general condition had improved. Occasionally, the patient had dizziness, shortness of breath and hand tightening during exercises at the standing bed. Bp:100-138/67-80mmHg, Hr: 76-85/min. There was no edema in the lower limbs. Both lower limbs could do the adduction movement slightly in the horizontal position. If you touch his lower limbs slightly, the lower limbs could bend, and the left lower limb could bend more obviously. The muscle tone of both upper limbs was normal. The muscle tone of both lower limbs was increased slightly. The muscle tone of both knee joints and the right ankle joint had increased. The flexion, adduction, abduction, internal rotation and external rotation movements of both hip joints have improved. There were obvious involuntary contractions in both lower limbs during the night time, and the left lower limb is more remarkable. The patient presents kicking. There was some sweating on the first half of the trunk above the T8, and the sweating is not too much. The bilateral patellar tendon reflex has become stronger. The right ankle reflex can be elicited.