My son Luke had surgery to reconstruct his brachial plexus on July 2 at Mayo Clinin in Rochester. Dr. Shin, Dr. Bishop and Dr. Spinner all worked on him at once and did an absolutely amazining job...They transferred nerves from the backs of both calves and his intercostals, as well as performed a gr...

Thanks for the advice, Daniel. He will do that, but how did you survive meantime?

My son's claim for disability was just denied. Since he was an electrician and was involuntarily terminated because he can no longer do his job, what options does he have left? I'm astounded that they claim he is not disabled! Does anyone here have any advice? He is going to file an appeal, but real...

Well, I'd like to thank all who have given us the much needed support and advice we've received here. Luke's appointments at Mayo went very well. Dr. Shin has said that he believes at least on root has been avulsed because Luke has Horner's Syndrome, but that the four others they can work with if th...

Thank you for the information Sue. We keep hoping that Luke will begin to feel something, but so far that hasn't happened. He has had an EMG, but the Dr. who gave him the test just kept repeating that "it is very serious" and said that Luke's Neurologist would talk with him about the resul...

Sounds like reason enough to hope to me...Good luck, and keep working hard. My son was just injured in Feb. and we are hoping and praying that he will regain some use of his arm in the future too.

My 26 year old son suffered a severe TBPI on Feb. 10 while snowmobiling. He has no feeling (except pain) or movement in his right arm from high up the shoulder down to his fingertips. He has an appointment at Mayo in Rochester on May 18-19. However, though he wears a sling 24/7, his arm seems to be ...