United Brachial Plexus Network

Katharine,

I'd like to email you privately. Could you send me an email so I can respond? I can give you some info - we live almost next door to you (New Berlin).

Lori

<t>We are on our second round of serial casting. It just gets billed to insurance as a therapy visit and our insurance does cover it. You may want to double check with your insurance. It seems odd that they wouldn't cover it. It's a pretty common treatment for a variety of conditions.<br/> <br/> We ...

I don't have her email, but her phone number is (414) 805-5900. Hope that helps...

I see you are from Sheboygan - we live just west of Milwaukee. Is Dr. Jacobson at Children's doing it?

We had the same thing done when our son was about the same age. It helped him quite a bit. Feel free to email me if you would like more information.

Depending on how far into MN it was, we would attend (coming from Milwaukee area).

Bonnie,

I think I have already emailed you our experiences with surgery at Childrens in Milwaukee (we were happy with the results). If there are any specific questions I can answer for you, please feel free to email me.

Lori

<t>We had the same surgery with Dr. Kozin. The splint she will get is to be worn under clothes. It's a little less bulky than the cast, but we found it easiest to just wear the same shirts he had been wearing with the cast. By the end of the week, she will probably only wear the splint while sleepin...

<t>Brenda,<br/> <br/> We did the serial casting also. However, we only did it at night and very limited daytime. It probably took a little longer than I would have if we did it 24/7, but we did get down to zero. <br/> <br/> His contracture has returned because (1) he had a surgery with arm casted be...

<t>When we were there they asked for $15 per night. Shriners will usually pay this for you, although you can always make an extra personal donation if you would like.<br/> <br/> They will ask you for a deposit on the room key. I think it was $5 or something like that. You get it back when you turn y...

<t>We stayed there the week before Christmas and it was very nice. Other than the usual groups that come and cook dinner, there were extra activities. One group actually came and distributed really nice gifts to each child staying there. They weren't "generic" gifts either. Each one had a tag with t...