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“Your child has a brachial plexus birth injury.” That’s not what you were hoping to hear at your baby’s checkup appointment. But it’s your new reality. So many questions swirl through your mind. How did this happen? Did someone injure my baby during delivery? And most importantly, will my baby recover from this? At…

Wondering if a nurse can be sued for malpractice? Or when they can be? We’re about to cover: Most people see doctors as “bosses” and nurses as “assistants”. Doctors diagnose patients and prescribe medicine. Nurses monitor patients and administer medicine. Most of the time, nurses are just following orders. So what happens when a…

It’s all about the money! That’s the top priority for insurance companies representing doctors in birth injury lawsuits. They’ll do anything to avoid paying out birth injury settlements. But for parents, their baby’s health and wellbeing is the priority, not money. However, monetary compensation is what they need and deserve to give their baby…

You did it. You bravely went under the knife. Now you’re hoping the risk will pay off, granting you better health than ever! But what if the opposite happens? Something went wrong during the surgical procedure, and now you’re worse off than you were before. Can you sue? Every surgery or cosmetic surgery, no matter how…

You might say newborns are “blank slates” as far as experience goes. But their brains already have plenty of “hard wiring” at birth. These systems will be fine tuned as they begin to react to the world around them. This is why brain injuries at birth are such a serious concern. Early brain damage…

It’s D-day! We’re talking about Delivery-day. It’s time for a mother to go into the hospital with a giant pregnant belly, and come out with a newborn. Hopefully, she won’t leave with an additional unwanted stowaway: staph bacteria. This staph bacteria leads to staff infections in babies, and can cause scalded skin syndrome as well….

There’s one place you’ll probably visit at least once in your lifetime. The hospital! Whether it’s for an illness, a couple of stitches, or just to be born, we go to hospitals hoping that the professionals inside will take good care of us. Providing that “good care” is often the responsibility of more than…

How did this happen? That’s the first thing parents wonder when their child receives a diagnosis of Erb’s palsy. And then they wonder: what are some Erb’s palsy causes?  You’ll find this often serious birth injury near the top of the list of the most common birth injuries in the US. In fact, 1…

Thank science for anesthesia! Without it, we would have to endure the excruciating pain of surgery. Worse still, we would remember every second of it. But anesthesia ensures there are only two things we remember about an operation. One, drifting off to dreamland. Two, waking up thinking, “Wait…it’s already over?” Yes, anesthesia is helpful….

Even before birth, a mother and her child share a bond as tight as a knot. But there’s a different kind of tight knot that no mother wishes to share with her child. We’re talking about umbilical cord knots. These knots are dangerous for a fetus if left untreated. But is it possible to prevent…