NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — At just 26 years old, Jehanne Fitzsimmons knows what it feels like to live with excruciating pain and the devastating news that her disease has no cure.
Now, an emerging stem cell treatment available in Tennessee for the first time is giving her something she desperately needs: hope.
Fitzsimmons suffers from syringomyelia, a rare neurological condition in which a fluid-filled cyst develops inside the spinal cord. The condition can cause severe nerve pain, weakness and permanent damage…