United Brachial Plexus Network

Today is Caralyn's 5 year anniversary since her accident, for those that know her maybe you could give her a shout and pick her up a little bit at sunycara@yahoo.com . She has doing great, attending college, and we are still in the process of attempting to get social security.

<t>Hi Brenda, my seventeen year old daughter also hit a power pole three years ago while sledding. She avulsed all nerves and had surgery at the Mayo Clinic she very fortunately got her bicep and some shoulder back. We were very fortunate she survived. <br/> At first we got her the dragon program th...

<r>I dont have any pictures of it. They did show us a general idea of what it would look like. It will hang lower than her actual arm because the attachment has to set below her hand. We will see as soon as she gets it we will take pictures and post them. She is doing really well, she working at a n...

<t>Has anybody heard of using a prosthetic over their bpi arm? Caralyn was wanting to get more useful function from her arm and the doctors at Portland Shriners suggested a Prosthesis that would fit right over her arm and would be supported by a shoulder saddle. It is going to be a pain to put on bu...

<t>Hi Court, <br/> I know for us it is not only financially hard but also time wise it is difficult. Insurance doesn't cover her trips to the Mayo or anywhere for treatment. We went from never leaving our little corner of the world to suddenly having to fund trips to Minnesota and take the time from...

<t>It's been a while since I have posted. I'm Caralyn's mom, she was 14 years when she had a sledding accident. Sounds pretty simple saying she was hurt riding a sled down a hill. Until you say she was on an inner tube going downhill and the girl on the back fell off which caused her to speed up and...

<t>Hi, I'm Caralyn's mom. She was 14 years old and she was injured in a sledding accident 1/14/2005. Complete right brachial plexus avulsion, was the least of her injuries. Sounds pretty simple saying she was hurt riding a sled down a hill. until you say she was on an inner tube going downhill and t...

Caralyn is going to go, she is going to bring her dad with her this year.

Well we are leaving for the Mayo Clinic tonight for Caralyn's checkup. Wish us luck. Rene

how much longer before outreach reaches us? We have not receive it yet. Would love to get info before to much longe. We are still not sure if this is gonna be a possibily but we are hoping
Rene