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He also started clapping today, words cannot express how proud I am!

Jacob had primary nerve graft surgery 4 months ago, he has now regained all his pre surgery movement, and has started crawling, I'm so proud of my baby boy, I just had to share!!

This is brilliant, very reassuring. I'm so glad things have improved for you.

Jacob is now 7 and 1/2 months, and we are almost 9 weeks post op. He is doing wonderfully. His scars are healing very well and he is slowly regaining some of his pre surgery movement. We had a wonderful surgeon in Australia who performed his operation. Dr Trevor Gervais. I am very proud of my little...

Thats Great!! Need a like button lol

Hello and welcome, My baby boy is 7 months old now, he had his primary nerve graft surgery approx 6 weeks ago and is doing wonderfully. You wouldn't know there was anything wrong as far as his little personality is concerned, he is such a happy little man. The surgery was truly terrifying, for me at...

Hi, It pains me to hear of yet another baby born with an injury that could so easily be prevented. I know what you are going through, Jacob was 4 months when the "gravity" of the situation really hit me, I had a hard time for a little while with the torment of would he/would he not need su...

I'm quite sure that they do feel pain, how much I don't know. I think it is different for everybody, my sister inlaw says her nerves regrowing after surgery feel like a chinese burn. We have a naturopath and use accupuncture (no needles, he uses lasers on babies) to assist with his nerve regrowth an...

Hi and welcome. My baby boy Jacob did not spontaneously recover, but he did recover some movement very slowly during his first 3 months of life, mostly using his pec, he was able to throw his arm across his body whilst lay down by the time he was 8 weeks. His first movements began whilst he was lay ...

Brilliant, I love this!! Gives me great comfort to know these injuries don't tend to hinder anybody....my baby boy will be just fine!!

Thanks for sharing