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I was wondering what specialist should our 2mth old daughter be seeing??

Physical Therapist
Neurologist
Neurosurgeon
Pediatric Neurologist
Orthopedist

?????? I Just dont know who??????

Thanks

Well, my son saw most of those you listed. He saw a Pediatric Neurosurgeon when he was 4 months old and then again at 6 months and 5 years old. He saw a Neurologist at about 8 months of age. He's been seeing an Occupational and Physical Therapist since he was about 6 weeks old. What happens is you go and see your regular peditrician and then they refer to a specialists and then that specialist may refer you to another one. My son now, at age 6 see his OT & PT on a two times a week basis and his neurosurgeon on a 2 times a year basis. I'm sure your prbably going to get serveral difference opinions on who you should be seeing, but I say whoever you are most comfortable with and who seems to have the most knowledge about it.

Good Luck!
~Laura

If your 2 month old still has signs of injury, I would encourage you to see a BPI surgeon who does primary nerve reconstruction surgery. We discovered at nearly 3 months old that the "specialist" we had been seeing was completely uninformed about primary surgery and didn't "believe in it" and it completely freaked us out!

Luckily he was still young and we still had time to get appropriate opinions. Hopefully your daughter will recover without surgery, but it is hard to trust a recommendation against surgery unless it comes from someone who knows all the ins and outs of the particular surgery and can make a real educated guess as to whether or not she would benefit.

Kate

A BPI specialist is who you should see. Some are plastic surgeons, some are orthos, some are called hand surgeons-it doesn't matter as long as their specialty is BPI in kids. There are a lot of them listed in the medical resources part of this site accessible from the Hone page. BPI is a long term thing whether your baby needs surgery or not, try and find one you cn easily travel to for regular check ups and who can help you make long term decisions based on their own experience over years.

Matthew has seen a neurosurgeon, has seen and continues to see a physical therapist, occupational therapist, pediatric neurologist, orthopedist. The neurologist, and surgeons are bpi specialists.

He has also seen and continues to see an acupuncturist, reflexologist, chiropractor, reiki practitioner.


Cindy

We have seen all and will continue to. Different orientations and varying opinions make some of us appreciate the importance of getting various opinions, at least during surgical decision making time.3