Will, 11 yr. old ltbpi from Vestal, New York holding Judy's hand and Mom's (Sharon's)hand who is holding Dad's (Al's) hand who is reaching out for someone else.

<t>We were just at TCH last week and our 11 yr. old son had surgery. We requested a child life specialist prior to the surgery. She gave him (and us) a tour of the surgical area (holding room and a room just outside the OR that has surgical equipment in it.) She showed him the IV and explained that ...

<t>I want to share with all of you an update regarding our 11 yr. old son, Will. I posted in April that he had been injured on 4/10 while climbing on a rock wall at school. Through the advice of everyone on these boards, we decided to take him to a bpi specialist. We chose to go to TCH. Will could o...

Please e-mail me with information about both the topical pain medication and the aqua therapy. Thanks for sharing!
Sharon

alaaron@aol.com

<t>Marnie, we are taking our son to TCH for evaluation and possible surgery on June 3rd. We have BC/BS of Rochester Area (New York). We had no problems getting pre-authorized for EMG testing and surgery. This is our 1st trip to TCH, so surgery would be primary. TCH took care of pre-authorizations. W...

<t>Thanks for your good wishes, Jenny. We did check out specialists in the Northeast, including Beth Isreal. Just felt better about TCH, especially their experience treating children with tbpi. Seems like a lot of places have experience with children with obpi and/or adults with tbpi, but not a lot ...

<t>Three weeks ago we posted a messsage about our 11 yr. old son, Will, being injured in a rock wall accident. It has been a long 3 weeks, but thanks to this message board and Francine's website, we have made the decision to take our son to TCH - have an appointment for June 3rd. Our local doctors i...

<t>Many thanks to all who have replyed to our questions. E-mails are welcome. We are obviously very new to this problem and are trying to learn everything we can to help our son. He is doing well today. Not much pain and can move his thumb and pinky quite well. No other movement though. I know it ta...

<t>I tried to post this message before and it didn't seem to work. Hope I do it right this time! Our son, Will, was injured 3 days ago. He fell from the rock climbing wall in gym class at school. We think that his feet were knocked off their supports leaving his whole body weight on just his left ar...