hdcrash,

Sorry for the delay in responding, we were gone for the Thanksgiving weekend.

John's surgeons are: Allen Bishop, Alex Shin & Robert Spinner. Each has a surgical specialty area and they work together superbly as the documentary shows.

Gene

<r>Ronin,<br/> <br/> Go to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, if you want to get the best care and results.<br/> <br/> Here's a link to their TBPI specialty area: <URL url="http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachialplexus-rst/bptraumainjuries.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachialplexu ......

Maureen,

That's such great news...what a great gift at Thanksgiving!! All the best to Gianni, you and the rest of your family

Gene

<t>Susana,<br/> <br/> Thanks for your interest...instead of retyping, I've copied over one of my wife's previous posts:<br/> <br/> "A little background... my son John is a 16 yr old who had all five nerves avulsed in a cycling accident (hit by a SUV) last November in Atlanta. He had two surgeries do...

<t>Kathleen (and all following this post),<br/> <br/> We are in the process of dubbing an edited version of the one hour show that covers only the story of John's injury and the surgeries of the Mayo Clinic team.<br/> <br/> Our goal is to see if we can get it converted into a video file and compress...

<r>Troy,<br/> <br/> Here's the link to the Mayo TBPI website: <URL url="http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachialplexus-rst/bptraumainjuries.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachialplexu ... uries.html">http://www.mayoclinic.org/brachialplexus-rst/bptraumainjuries.html</LINK_TEXT></URL><br...

Susana,

I think it will give hope to many people!

Please see my recent post under: "Need a copy of the Discovery Channel documentary"

Gene

<t>Andrew,<br/> <br/> I'm John's (the teenager featured in the documentary) stepdad. We, of course, have a tape of it and will be getting some duplicates made.<br/> <br/> We feel that they did an excellent job of telling both John's story and showing the phenomenal work of the surgical team of Drs. ...

<t>Princess,<br/> <br/> Great to hear about your progress and our thoughts and prayers are with you for continued improvement over the next year and beyond.<br/> <br/> Don't forget about the possibility of the two stage muscle transfer that John had at Mayo (I know insurance is an obstacle). The sec...

<t>Princess,<br/> <br/> Haven't heard anything from you of late. What's been happening? Have you had surgery yet? My thoughts and prayers are with you!!<br/> <br/> John just had his second free muscle transfer on Wednesday at the Mayo Clinic and everything went well. A Discovery Channel film crew sp...