tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926510.post6421007896599624243..comments2023-09-06T09:26:14.605-07:00Comments on Memento Moron: Remember, Thou Art Stupid: Misfortune PronatedB.B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00283116921759894006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926510.post-38533368005895740002010-12-09T11:04:01.607-08:002010-12-09T11:04:01.607-08:00Sounds similar, but in this case, it's not tha...Sounds similar, but in this case, it's not that they grew together, it's that they never grew apart -- During in utero development, the two bones start out as one, and a series of cells between them die off, separating them. The process didn't finish in his arm. The PO doctor told us about the surgery, recommended against it because of the failure rate. He consulted an even more expert doctor up at Shriner's in Portland who agreed, but I plan to talk to a doctor that someone recommended up at Children's in Seattle, and see what he says.<br /><br />For once you've made a pun that's over my head.B.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00283116921759894006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926510.post-77300009150272575832010-12-09T07:20:36.761-08:002010-12-09T07:20:36.761-08:00I don't want to give you false hope, but when ...I don't want to give you false hope, but when I was young I had something similar: the bones weren't fused, but my radius was growing into the ulna. It got worse as time went on, to where I could only extend my arm about 90 degrees with no wrist supination. At about age 12, after several visits to doctors who said nothing could be done, a specialist went in, cut the radius and re-placed it so it would grow parallel to the ulna.<br /><br />Now I have full extension of my arm, but only about 45 degrees of supination. The arm is about an inch shorter than the other one, but that's not a huge deal.<br /><br />Maybe it's not the same thing, but maybe a similar approach will work for your boy.<br /><br />OT: shouldn't you be calling the lad Upgrayedd?Professor Chaoshttp://professorchaos.mu.nunoreply@blogger.com