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Mark Porter “Look at that idiot” – Miles for Miracles

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Coming soon… The fundraising letter from Mark Porter who will run the Marathon in honor of Andy. Here’s the title of the letter and the first paragraph: LOOK AT THAT IDIOT We have all made the above statement one time or another mostly in the winter when it is snowing or raining from the heavens…

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When Health Insurance Is Not a Safeguard @ NY Times

Posted on December 23, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Families with children that need treatments for primary immune deficiency have to cover a lot of medical bills. A huge amount of money. Gammaglobulin infusions can cost up to $12,000 dollars, this includes the room fee & all the labs taken during the visit. Andy used to get gammaglobulin infusions every two weeks before receiving…

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Mark’s running shoe

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Mark Porter and two of his children, Connor and Shannon visited yesterday evening, they helped Andy design Mark’s running shoe at NIKEID.com. Mark will compete in the 2006 Boston Marathon in honor of Andy. Mark is in remision from cancer and he said, “while sick I realised that you have to give in order to…

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Subscribe to The Andy Blog

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Subscribe to the Andy Blog and receive an email notifications to alert you of a new post. When you subscribe you will receive email notification alerts when any of the categories at The Andy Blog is updated. The Andy Blog has the following categories, Andy’s Update – News about Andy after his stem cell transplant….

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Stem cells for Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Umbilical cord stem cell bank in the UK is marketing to grandparents. A British-based company says grandparents looking for a gift with a twist are increasingly investing in stem cells for their grandchildren…The reason to store stem cells is future applications for stem cells. You only get one chance to get these cells in a…

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The Beacon

Posted on December 19, 2005 by Andres Trevino

The Beacon, a school community magazine from St. Johns Northwestern Military Academy published a letter from my Dad. It’s a very inspiring letter! He sent the letter back in August. Click here to read The Beacon (PDF Format)

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A note from Andy’s School

Posted on December 19, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Last Friday we received a note from Andy’s Teacher, Really a nice week, he seems to be more interested. Please read the new book of Goldie Locks to him. I did read Goldie Locks to him.. And when I read, “Patooie!” cried big old Papa Bear. “This porridge is scalding! I’ve burned my tongue!…” Andy…

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You’re welcome to comment

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Andres Trevino

My two readers can now comment on this blog. About a year ago I disabled the comment feature because I was getting a lot of spam.. I will give it a try again.. If you would like to comment click on Comments.

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Embryonic Swiss Francs

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Andres Trevino

The Swiss National Bank launched a competition for the design of a new banknote series (10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000) at the beginning of 2005. The bank invited twelve artists were invited to present their designs on the theme “Switzerland open to the world”. The first prize was announced recently and it went…

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No Korean tailor made stem-cells.

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Andres Trevino

Back in May there was a lot of talk about a paper from a Korean scientist that claimed he was able to make stem cells tailored to match an individual for the first time…The paper was published in the journal Science. “The resultant cells were a perfect match for the individual and could mean treatments…

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