Help - 3 Month Old with BPI
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:15 am
Hi everyone!! I am new here and found this site after some research. My son was born on Oct 4th, 2012. He was 9lbs 12oz. I am only 5'4" and only weighed 135 when I got pregnant. I never measured big and only gained 30 lbs with him. During my delivery he got stuck on my bone and the Dr. performed vaccum extraction (if I would've known more about this I would've declined to us it and opted for a C-section).
My son was delivered and I didn't know he had any injury until the next day when the ped dr explained that he had BPI and that he would likely heal on his own and if not to seek a specialist.
We seeked out Gillette's Specialty Care in MN (home state) where they do clinics for BPI every 2 weeks. They had me wait until my son was 8 weeks old before we went. At his first apt they felt he was doing good, he could do the snowman. They made a splint for his wrist (is held down and in) and told me to have it on him at night.
On Jan 8th this year I went for his 2nd apt. They felt this time that he should be bending his elbow against gravity which he is not, he can only bend it without gravity (lying down). They said that if in 4 weeks he has not gained that function that we would have to do an EMG.
I feel that his progress is good and that he has recovered well, though slow. What milestones have other people experienced? I can't seem to get any prognosis, good or bad, out of the specialists. They seem vague and won't really give much feedback unless they talk amongst themselves.
Does he seem on track?
My son was delivered and I didn't know he had any injury until the next day when the ped dr explained that he had BPI and that he would likely heal on his own and if not to seek a specialist.
We seeked out Gillette's Specialty Care in MN (home state) where they do clinics for BPI every 2 weeks. They had me wait until my son was 8 weeks old before we went. At his first apt they felt he was doing good, he could do the snowman. They made a splint for his wrist (is held down and in) and told me to have it on him at night.
On Jan 8th this year I went for his 2nd apt. They felt this time that he should be bending his elbow against gravity which he is not, he can only bend it without gravity (lying down). They said that if in 4 weeks he has not gained that function that we would have to do an EMG.
I feel that his progress is good and that he has recovered well, though slow. What milestones have other people experienced? I can't seem to get any prognosis, good or bad, out of the specialists. They seem vague and won't really give much feedback unless they talk amongst themselves.
Does he seem on track?