leaving tonight
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alaskanmom
- Posts: 41
- Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:49 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Mom of daughter with complete right brachial plexus avulsion from a sledding accident
- Location: Chugiak Alaska
leaving tonight
Well we are leaving for the Mayo Clinic tonight for Caralyn's checkup. Wish us luck. Rene
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Karen McClune
- Posts: 746
- Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:58 pm
Re: leaving tonight
Rene,
You know I wish Caralyn the best of luck.
Please let us know what they say and how she is.
Love and hugs to you both.
Karen
You know I wish Caralyn the best of luck.
Please let us know what they say and how she is.
Love and hugs to you both.
Karen
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cbe411
- Posts: 1393
- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:27 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: MVA in 2001, nerve graph in 2002, Median Nerve Transfer in 2004 and an unsuccessful Gracillis Muscle Transfer in 2006. I am living life and loving it! Feel free to contact me :)
- Location: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
- Contact:
Re: leaving tonight
GOOD LUCK!!
Say HI to Dr. Shin for me please... hell give him a HUGE hug for me too!!
Let us know how things go...
Say HI to Dr. Shin for me please... hell give him a HUGE hug for me too!!
Let us know how things go...
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Christopher
- Posts: 845
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: leaving tonight
Tell the "Three Kings" (as my moms calls them) Chris Janney says 'Howdy'
and to hurry up and get on the Stem Cell Bandwagon! (Which I've been telling them for 4 years now)
Best of Luck! Keeping my fingers crossed for you both!
Cheers,
Christopher
and to hurry up and get on the Stem Cell Bandwagon! (Which I've been telling them for 4 years now)
Best of Luck! Keeping my fingers crossed for you both!
Cheers,
Christopher