hand surgery

February 16, 2018

Nicky’s Life Part 61

August 2013 – Nicky right after he woke up from his hand surgery at CHLA with his dad. It always amazed me how strong he is. He wanted this surgery and it ended up to be really good for him in the long run as well. We use a splint...

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October 26, 2015

Nicky’s Hands Ordeal

For EB Awareness week this year I want to take a moment and give everyone a rundown of the horrible side effect of RDEB and the mittening of the hands and how I found out about it and how we dealt with it. Of course hindsight is 20/20 as with...

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May 7, 2015

EB Sucks

I updated my Caringbridge Blog today (here’s the link–> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nickyz/journal/view/id/554ba814f02065dc3614f506) and I also posted a photo on my Butterfly Child Book Facebook Page and I talk about the pain and suffering that Nicky endures. It’s not easy. EB sucks. It’s been two years now since I had to start giving Nicky...

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August 20, 2014

Updates on Nicky and What-Nots

I wanted to share this picture of Nicky’s right hand a year post surgery. It’s doing fantastic! We do wrap the hand religiously and use the splint every night to keep the opening between the thumb and index finger intact, and while we lost a bit on the pinky, it...

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September 25, 2013

Nicky’s Left Hand – Before and After Surgery

Hello friends, family and everyone interested in seeing how Nicky’s left hand surgery went! I finally have time to do this blog post… Here Goes! This photo below is a photo of his hand BEFORE surgery. It shows quite clearly his four fingers and the ‘pinky’ is all, as we say,...

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August 5, 2013

Nicky’s left hand

I just wanted to make a quick post about Nicky’s left hand and show a couple of pictures.             This is Nicky’s left hand. This particular photo shows quite clearly his four fingers and the ‘pinky’ is all, as we say, “webbed in”. The index,...

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