United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

I can NOT believe it has been a year(almost). This birthday is bitter sweet-She is one and supposably suppose to be completely healed. And she is doing so good-but not completely healed. We still do OT one time a week. We just recently started doing E-stim and splinting because of elbow bending. She is reaching over her head and behind her head. She has almost full external rotation. She supinates about 30' past nuetral. She crawled at 7 months and is now walking. We are so proud of her. We really have been blessed. I am still struggling with whether to get any legal advice. It seems we have been through so much this year. Anyway thanks to all of you for all the support you showed me - especially in the begining when I felt like no one understood-not even me.

Happy Birthday to her! congrats to you on your hard work too. Don't give up!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,CHLOE!!
A Big HUG for you AND Mom...Make a big mess with your cake!
Carolyn J
Adult LOBPI

Chloesmom: Happy Birthday to Chloe. My son just turned 5 and he had about the same movement until he had the ModQuad at 11 mos. That surgery gave back a lot of function.

About the legal process, you still have another year to file but I wouldn't want until the last minute. It's ver hard to win a medical malpractice case but so long as it's on a contingency fee (you pay the lawyers nothing unless they win) what do you have to lose.

Will aka bpidad...