IAN'S HOPE FOUNDATION provides emotional and financial support to the families with children suffering from Brachial Plexus Injury. When infants or toddlers need the expert advice of a specialist, families have to find the money for travel expenses, lodging, and babysitters to care for other siblings. Another hidden cost is the lost pay when parents are away from work. Medical insurance does not always cover the full cost of the surgery. Parents and siblings have to give extra assistance to the children with these injuries. Parents must resort to unconventional methods of teaching their child basic care needs such as how to put on a shirt.

Every member of the family with a child born with a Brachial Plexus Injuries feels the numerous stresses and strains. Therapy and extra doctor visits are time away from a typical family routine and expensive. Pediatric neurologists, orthopedists, and specialized doctors for reconstructive surgeries are located in a small number of clinics throughout the United States. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

What is a BRACHIAL PLEXIUS INJURY?

It is damage to nerves in the neck from the spinal cord to the arm. Variety of disabilities from temporary paralysis, pain and loss of feeling to full permanent paralysis of the muscles, abnormal painful sensations and ignoring the arm completely.
Actual injuries range from the nerves being stretched to being ripped completely from the spinal cord. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions.