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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

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