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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

Post by alaskanmom »

Well we are leaving for the Mayo Clinic tonight for Caralyn's checkup. Wish us luck. Rene
Karen McClune
Posts: 746
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:58 pm

Re: leaving tonight

Post by Karen McClune »

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
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

Post by cbe411 »

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...
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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

Post by Christopher »

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
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