Freud, I completely understand the frustration. The Occupational Therapist at the Mayo Clinic was using a device for Ryan to help him see the movement however small was while he was trying to move it. If I remember correctly it measures the electro-impulses in the arm while he's trying to move it. T...

Freud, I saw your email and am following up on your post. My son had no feeling for at least 4 months after his gracilis muscle transfer (he's had 2). It is a very slow process, he needs to be patient. By what you describe of his injuries, his injury does not seem as severe as my sons'. My son had C...

I've seen a few comments about wrist fusion but was wondering if there could be more of a detailed discussion on both the wrist and thumb fusion. My son Ryan is on the fence about the fusions. Can anyone elaborate more for him, the good and the bad. He's really interested to hear from those that had...

You are definitely in good hands with Dr. Allan Beltzberg. My mom's friend was in a terrible accident a few years ago and he basically put her back together! He would have been one of our choices for my son! Hope and pray all goes well!

suzanne

This is Ryan's reply: "I've had alot of discomfort with the armpit, which is now 16 months post op for the second gracilis transfer and intercostal nerves; it used to be really sensitive but it wore off about 8 months post op. Now at 16 months post op it feels normal." If you have any more...

Oh my gosh Chris! Thank you so much for posting Ryan’s story. I have to share with all of you the great things that have come from that one article. One, so many people, friends, teachers, classmates even family have come forward and admitted to us that they had no idea the seriousness of Ryan’s inj...

Wafloodzone, My son has same injury C5-T1, right arm. He was 17 at time of TBPI from football. I completely understand the insurance headache. I called every week prior to both of my son’s surgeries to make sure it was still approved and documented it and was given a reference number for each and ev...

I don't see any pictures, could you try to repost? Thanks!

As a mom, I'd like to add that my 17 year old son had a football injury, avulsions: C5-8 and T1. The CT Myelogram that was done in NYC proved the avulsions and the Mayo team did an exploratory beginning of 1st surgery to verify. The CT was correct. We ended up at the Mayo because they do on average ...

My 17 year old son was injured in a football accident 1 Sep 2010; his C5, C6, C7, C8 & T1 all completely avulsed. Double Free Muscle Transfer to right arm performed by Mayo doctors, Dr. Spinner; Dr. Shin; Dr. Bishop on 16 February 2011 and 25 April 2011. At four months out, he had elbow flexion ...