United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Lori P,
thanks, I am glad that I am able to be here and provide the prospective from the bpi person point of view!

Hugs,
Amy

ps, I chose the nickname hope16_05 when I was 14 years old because I needed hope at that time in my life. Had a bad experience with a doctor and didnt want to accept what she had told me. Must have worked, I am so much better than I was then!

"I think a lot of psychological harm (to the family -
the child AND the parents) can come from the continued quest to "fix" the child's arm."
-Kate

Just a different perspective....

I am not driven by guilt or grief to "fix" my child's arm. The quest to do so is good, as opposed to harmful.

I decided when Matt was very young (a few months old) that I wasn't going to look at the injury negatively, but look at it as a normal and positive thing in my life.