United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

We just used the Neuro-Care device on Ian for the first time this morning. I tired it on myself first. It casued a tingling sensation in my arm and my fingers to curl. When I got Ian all hooked up and turn it on he sat there and smiled at his hand! We played for a little while... trying to keep him distracted from pulling the electrode off his hand. He did get frustrated because he wasn't "allowed" to take the pad off. But he did finally clam down enough for a cuddle and even fell asleep.
I know that most you are not using the Neuro-Care device. Actually there are only 4 BPI kids with them. I found out about it at the Camp... my roommate's daughter was one of the BPI kids! I ckech out the web site www.neurocare.com and had my son's doctor look into it.
I am praying that it will be effective for us!
But most of all I was so pleased that he smiled when we first turned it on!
Thanks for listening
Kristie

We used a FOCUS nmes system on Blake's tricep and we were pretty positive about it. He called it his "tickles" and we were able to use it for about a year...it worked pretty good and I think helped his arm straighten out, but he ended up getting wise to it and won't do it anymore(he's 4 now) I looked at the neurocare unit on their website and our FOCUS unit is much more portable, it hooks on to his waist band of his pants and he is good to go. Good luck with it!!