<t>We went this Tuesday and Wednesday to Mayo. It is impressive to just walk in the place. Then to have a whole team of docs walk into a room kind of scared my little girl but she did alright and was able to show them her movement. We saw Drs. Bishop and Spinner. They said they do not recommend surg...

<t>I just wanted to let everyone know that we did go ahead and keep our appointment for my daughter at the Mayo clinic after some persuading from a lot of you. It is scheduled for next weds and thurs. We have like 4-5 different appointments over 2 days. Is that how they usually do it? My daughter is...

<t>My three yr old daughter and I were in a car accident in Sept.'08. She had a broken humorous that was in a cast for 3 weeks. We kept telling orthopedics that her shoulder looked "funny" and it was just hanging there. They told us after the cast was off she would use it again. She still didn't use...

we have an appt. at mayo on May 19th

<t>I live near St. Cloud. We went to Gillette's this week. I posted on the general message board about how that went. Thanks for the advice. They did not recommend surgery. We are still debating on whether to still get a second opinion from Mayo. It is hard to believe they can get an accurate assess...

<t>Thank you for the advice and sharing your stories. We went to Gillette's Children's Specialty Hospital again this week. They decided she didn't need surgery. She improved greatly on her active movement scale. The doctor's notes say she has a "traumatic right c5-c6 brachial plexopathy" They recomm...

<t>My daughter is 3 yrs old and we were involved in a car accident. We discovered somehow in the accident she received a bp injury. That was 6 months ago. We live in MN and have been going to Gillette's children's hospital as well as our local clinic for ot. She has made great improvements in the la...

<t>Thanks, we have an appointment with Gillette's children's hospital on Tuesday. They do have a bp "team". I guess I have questions for them about the pros and cons of waiting to see if she recovers with therapy and how much will return will come with surgery. Are there people out there that just r...

<t>My daughter is 3 yrs old and we were involved in a car accident. We discovered somehow in the accident she received a bp injury. That was 6 months ago. We live in MN and have been going to Gillette's children's hospital as well as our local clinic for ot. She has made great improvements in the la...