Bennett had a follow appt yesterday with the orthopedic Dr. in Mt. Vernon about his elbow.  He decided we would go ahead with the nerve study on Bennett’s arm and hand to see if a nerve is damaged.  They were able to get him in this afternoon to have the nerve study.  It was really neat and unbelievable of how they can detect the nerves.

They used like a tazer tool with two prongs on the end to shock Bennett’s nerves and than would record it on a computer with the electrode patches on his arm.  They also used a long needle into his skin to record the nerves in his muscles and did that several times in each arm.   He did good through the process.  He would jump at times because some of the shock was harder than others.  I was thankful the Dr. that did the study went ahead and told us that his nerves looked good, none of them have been damaged.  Amen!  I was afraid he may have to have surgery on a nerve but that doesn’t look like it will be needed!    The nerves could be really irritated so we will find out more when we see his main ortho Dr. on Monday. 

Bennett’s arm was really sore and especially his elbow was bothering him tonight.  When his elbow and surrounding area is touched, it bothers him.  This seems very strange and I’m not sure what are other options are.  We had been waiting 3 months to find out what’s wrong with it and so far we don’t know.  Please pray it will heal soon.