United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. As always, you all are very helpful. My son never had the primary surgery (we didn't know it was available unfortunately), so I can't say which of his nerves are avulsed or ruptured. I can guess based on his symptoms though. The older he gets, I can see that it's an ever changing injury, with plateaus and lots of ups and downs. I just hope there continues to be ups. I can hope this pain is the precursor to new movement. Wouldn't that be cool?

Thanks for sharing that. I have BPI in both my arms and experience the "shock" feeling only when I am sick or have a cold. I only feel it in my right arm though. I always wondered why or what it was.