Texas BPI

[brinx143]

Is there anyone near the Houston area with a BPI injury. I am 23 years old leaving with BPI.

[Mary Beth]

I know Drake's mom and cowboy cody and scott are all from Texax post to the TBPI they post on that often and are from different parts of texas.

[Carolyn J]

Welcome, Brinx143,
You will find some adults with BPI on the Message Board For Adults With OBPI. Come there to post your questions. Some Adults don't come to this General Board...Boo hoo

There may be some adults with O (Obstetrical-Birth)BPI in Texas-I just can't recall who!...LOL

Carolyn J
LOBPI/over-aged adult

[Drake's Mom]

hey there~
I am in texas, but it's about 5 hours from Houston. Cody is actually your age and is in Goldthwaite? Wherever that is!! I was trying to get some people from texas together but i haven't found to many people yet! It seems so many are from up north. Cody responded to my post 'someone local' on the tramatic message board so maybe you could try to post there. I wish i was closer to Houston so i could at least have Dr. Nath follow Drake's recovery and meet you. I really think even though my son is VERY shy he would like to meet someone going through the same thing as he is.

Teresa

[brinx143]

yea me to, I went to school with a girl who was my age, and she has BPI, but she never had any surgeries like I did, now that I am older it is starting to affect me on psychological level. I grew up with not realizing i had a "problem" my family treated me as if I was a normal child, though I do not think that was the best idea, and now that i am older, it severly bothers me, and I just want to talk to other people and see how they coped with their injury, or even talk to a profesional whom specializies in these types of issues,

[Amy Clark]

I am very interested to have you explain what you mean by the fact that it was not a good idea for your parents to treat you like a "normal" child. My 6 year old daughter has a severe BPI. She has already had three surgeries, and we expect more to come. She has two younger brothers and we treat all of our children the same. We don't baby her, and give her as much help only as is necessary. We figure everyone "out there" will do the same, and she may as well face reality. Of course, we shower her with love and affection, just as we do our other children. I just feel that babying her or treating her as "the injured child" will only set her up for a big fall later, when others don't do likewise. I would like to hear your side, however, and see if there is a downside to our thinking in this regard. Thanks

[Carolyn J]

Amy Clark,
You may be interested to read on "Adults' With OBPI Message Forum Board. There is alot of posts from us adults on this topic. Just type "treated normal" in the Search Forum Box at the top a page in that Adult MessageForum Board and all of the posts should come up for you.

BTW everyone is welcome on any of the Message Forums.

Carolyn J
LOBPI/ over-aged adult

[brinx143]

I think for me if they would have told me about my injury, made me realize that it was there, I would not be facing the problems i have today. Honestly as a kid even with all the surgeries physical therapy etc, I really didnt realize there was something wrong with me. I think keepingyour child informed of their situtation is a great idea. My parents didnt baby me either, and now I am quit head strong because of it, and it has its definate draw backs. I played golf, I rodeoed, I did whatever I wanted and when you told me i couldnt well I did and made matters worese.

[Bev]

Hi there

I was reading your response to the girl in Texas, when you said something that really hit me. My daughter who is 9 has OBPI and we have always tried to treat her as "normal" as possible. Sometimes I think that is wrong, but I don't want her to grow up thinking she is different. But I also don't want her to have emotional issues over it when she is older either. Do you have any suggestions on what I should be doing for her? After all, you have been there. When you are the parent, you really are in a rock in a hard place. Thanks, Beverly

[mommieinneed]

Until last year I treated Maggie as a "normal child" because I truely thought that she had an injury that only a handful of people had and there was nothing else I could do for her.

I found these forums and found out differently, so maybe your parents didnt have any info about others out there so that is why that didnt treat you any differently.

We now still let Maggie do what she wants but now that we know there are other things that we can do to help out her injury we are trying our best to do these things.

It is also good now knowing there are others so Maggie knows she isnt alone in this injury.