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Story by: Lynne Byers in Assonet, MA

This is an update for my daughter name Carley. My daughter substain Right arm Erbs Palsy from a very difficult birth. It was very difficult dealing with her injury the first year of her life. She seem to be in alot of pain. In addition to Erbs palsy she had a broken shoulder bone, broken arm, and left neck toritollis. She did begin movement of her right arm approximatley 4 months of age and has greatly improved since that time. Thank God for the local Early Intervention Program. They gave me hope and personal home therapies to make my daughter's arm better. It's been a long 2 years but to date she has not needed any surgies and receives therapy about 4 times a week. She has developed(always seem to have) a contraction in her elbow and she can not supinate her palm of her hand. We are doing lots of weight bearing excerise and stretching excerise. She is a VERY

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