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- Sat May 09, 2015 8:35 am
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Muscle Atrophy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10070
Muscle Atrophy
Hi everyone, First, let me just say, thank you so much to everyone who has responded to me. I've posted on here a few times now and have been reading various posts on here for some time, and I am truly thankful for the help everyone is willing to give. I have a new question I suppose because I'm jus...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:17 pm
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18864
Re: Question
I don't mean I ramble on... But I suppose I'm just trying to understand muscle wasting in general. It's strange because she uses her right arm all the time... I would just say that it is slightly less "dense" or not quite as "bulky" as her left arm in the bicep/tricep/shoulder ar...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18864
Re: Question
Hi jmar, Thanks for your response. She has seen Dr. Nath on a couple of his outreaches and at those appointments he basically just said that "no surgery is indicated." She has also seen Dr. Roger Cornwall at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Brachial Plexus Center in person (who said that...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:14 pm
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18864
Question
Hi everyone, As always, thank you so much for all of the postings. Reading everyone else's experiences has been very helpful. Just to review quickly, I have a two year old daughter who has been "unofficially" diagnosed with an upper brachial plexus injury (I say "unofficially" be...
- Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:54 pm
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Desperate father - PLEASE help.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18410
Re: Desperate father - PLEASE help.
Thanks to all of you who have posted. Obviously it is a difficult situation. However, the uncertainty of everything makes it even more difficult. We don't even have a solid diagnosis (although a couple doctors are convinced its a mild brachial plexus injury). I suppose a follow up question is... jus...
- Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:09 am
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Desperate father - PLEASE help.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18410
Re: Desperate father - PLEASE help.
Driver Tom... thank you so much for the reply. I really appreciate all that. My biggest concern is that there is some progressive aspect to all of this. I just don't want to see it get any worse, and, if it can happen, I want to do everything in my power now to avoid or at least minimize that. Marym...
- Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:41 am
- Forum: Parents of OBPI Children
- Topic: Desperate father - PLEASE help.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18410
Desperate father - PLEASE help.
Hello everyone, I have been reading many posts on here for nearly 2 years and they have been very helpful. I just want to say that I wish you all the best and hope that you find help, comfort, and the best recovery possible for your children. This is my first time actually posting. I'm writing becau...