Story submitted by Lynne Byers on November 02, 1999 at 18:16:17:
Lynne Byers is 41, from Assonet, MA, USA.
Family:James 48(husband), Lynne 41(wife), Corey 15 (daughter), and Carley 8 months(daughter)
This is a update regarding my daughter Carley's progress. She is 8 months old and has erbs palsy in the right arm. She is making progress but it is slow and very challenging because she tries so hard to do the normal developmental milstones but of course has problems. She has been evaluated by Texas Children's Hospital and goes regularly to Boston's Children's hospital for continued care. I am willing to help anyone who is interested.My best advice is to be well informed of your child's condition and get surgery(if needed)/physical/occupational therapy as soon as possible. It has been very challenging these past 8 months and I feel many times that it is unfair for a child/children to have to go through this unnecessary trauma. Fortunately, my daughter is good natured and hopefully all the pain she has been put through will be forgotten in time. If I can be of help please repley. Lynne
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