United Brachial Plexus Network

<r>Hi Kristin,<br/> We live in Atlanta and take our daughter to the Brachial Plexus Clinic at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. Here is the link:<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=1159">http://www.choa.org/default.aspx?id=1159</URL><br/> <br/> Our primary doct...

<r>Hi Sidney's Dad,<br/> We had a case in Atlanta, GA and our local attorney was Tommy Malone. He called on Stuart Grossman, who is in FL because he has a TON of BPI experience. We found him to be a great attorney and his staff is also great. We definitely felt confident with him during the process ...

<t>Hi!<br/> My daughter Lucy (3 1/2) is currently in aquatic therapy. We alternate with PT on land every other week. Our regular PT also does the aquatic therapy with her. Our providers submit the claim to insurance as a regular PT session and we haven't had a problem yet. That may be something to l...

<r>It also depends on what kind of splint you are looking for. My daughter's OT wanted her to wear a functional hand splint that would keep her from resting on the back of her hand. We went with a Benik, they are light weight and made out of neoprene. Our OT ordered a sizing kit and told us what the...

<t>We did not see the doctors at the Mayo clinic but our daughter had the same injury, C5-C7 ruptured and C8 & T1 avulsed. She did not have any movement at all though prior to her primary surgery and she has Horner's syndrome. <br/> <br/> We are now about 2 1/2 years post surgery. Lucy now has s...

<t>We noticed clicking in our daughter's shoulder and her OT and PT were both concerned. At our last appt. the orthopedic surgeon saw her and said it was fine. He explained that because the muscles and tendons of the shoulder were not as strong and much looser than the unaffected arm, that it was ju...

<t>Hi,<br/> We had the exact opposite experience with Dr. Nath. We had already been to see 2 surgeons and they were both of the opinion to do surgery by 3 months of age to preserve the muscles in our daughter's arm/hand. She had no movement at all in her arm & hand. She was about 6 or 7 weeks ol...

<t>My daughter had a similar injury (C5-C7 ruptured and C8 & T1 avulsed) and we also decided to do surgery by 3 months time. She is now almost 3 and has sensation down to her fingertips and is gaining more strength and movement everyday. It will be a very long trying road to recovery and each ch...

<t>Hi everyone, <br/> <br/> There is an update for the next Atlanta area BPI family gathering. Unfortunately we will not be able to meet during October but we are looking at two dates in November - the 3rd or the 10th. Please reply to this post or to Jill when she sends out an email as to whether th...

<t>Hi Dawn,<br/> This is definitely a very personal issue. We decided to sue mainly because we wanted to make sure that Lucy was taken care of later in her life if she needs further surgeries and therapy and possibly lost income. I think that one major thing to find out is if there is a statute of l...