get your humor on, or die sad & unfulfilled.
- Christopher
- Posts: 845
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
get your humor on, or die sad & unfulfilled.
easier said than done...
but with daily practice you,
you can do anything.
http://youtu.be/vdKYG1099ug
I'm a continual work in progress and still have tons of mountains to climb, but I'm sick of my head being the biggest one!
2012 is year of the head/mountain climb & summit!
Help me put a summit flag on the TBPI head!
but with daily practice you,
you can do anything.
http://youtu.be/vdKYG1099ug
I'm a continual work in progress and still have tons of mountains to climb, but I'm sick of my head being the biggest one!
2012 is year of the head/mountain climb & summit!
Help me put a summit flag on the TBPI head!