This is a friend's new website built for the purpose of inspiring people facing physical & emotional challenges due to medical adversities, with videos created by survivors & fighters to inspire fellow survivors & fighters like you & me.
I wish this was around when I was first injured.
Check it out!
http://www.youinspire.org
YouInspire is a not-for-profit that features videos of survivors, and those currently facing serious medical challenges. It is also a place to connect with others facing similar circumstances and become part of a community that shows how to live. Through an emphasis on video, members get a deeper level of connectivity and personalization that lets members see and feel the inspiration of others. Because seeing is believing!
Looking for Inspiration? www.youinspire.org
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Christopher
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA