‘I want to get well,’ Alzheimer’s patient says

August 22, 2010

Gloria Lucio before surgery I want to get well, Alzheimers patient says
Before surgery, Gloria Lucio, 57, who has Alzheimer’s, gets a hug and kiss from her son, Valentin, 18, as her husband, Don Jones, looks on. She is part of a clinical trial at UCLA Medical Center in which holes were drilled in her skull and either an experimental drug or placebo was injected into her brain. Link to view photos

Source: LA Times

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