“Lay is a 15-year-old boy in eighth grade. He has one sister and one brother,” shares our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC). In his free time, he likes to watch TV and listen to pop music.
When Lay was a young child, he contracted meningitis and had a history of high fever and convulsions. As a result, he has damage to his brachial plexus nerves, a network connecting the spine, shoulder, arm and hand.
“Since Lay was five years old he has experienced involuntary flexion contractures of his left wrist, elbow, and foot,” CSC explains. “He has limited voluntary function of his left arm.”
Lay travelled five hours to CSC with his mother to receive treatment. For $450, doctors can perform a joint arthrodesis surgery in his left wrist. This will give him regained function and motion control in his left hand and arm, making it easier for him to attend school.