update, Masen
update, Masen
Just thought I would give an update on Masen, who is now 4years old, just had a birthday in Feb. He had his nerve surgery in Jan. 07. They told us it could be up to a year before we see anything, around Mar. 25, 07 Masen was sitting in his carseat and said my sleepy shoulder hurts, this is the first time he has said anything about his shoulder and at that point it was only a couple months past his surgery, wouldn't that be to soon to feel anything? Masen has also started saying he only has one hand, I just then say to him, that yes you do have two hands, we are just waiting for your sleepy arm to wake up. TK
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jennyb
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
Re: update, Masen
One thing I've found in researching this injury is that there are no definites and unexpected things do happen. Doctors (good ones that is) tend to give a worst case scenario anyway.
The younger you are the better the bodies own healing powers are, hopefully Masen's nerves are starting to kick in. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the sensory nerves come in first, so keep an eye out for the movement following on. Let us know how things go. And good luck! It's nice to hear a positive story
Jen NZ
The younger you are the better the bodies own healing powers are, hopefully Masen's nerves are starting to kick in. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the sensory nerves come in first, so keep an eye out for the movement following on. Let us know how things go. And good luck! It's nice to hear a positive story
Jen NZ