At 12 weeks there was a partial tear in the placenta, pre-term labor at 26 weeks and Ashley was born 5 weeks premature. During delivery, she became stuck. After close monitoring they realized she had no pulse and was not breathing therefore was pulled out causing a Brachial Plexus injury (Erb's Palsy) in her shoulder. Her arm was instantly paralyzed. At 10 days old Ashley began physical therapy. She became a patient at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia when she was a year old. In May 2007 (age 2 1/2), she had shoulder release surgery placing her "ball and socket" back together. In January 2012 (age 7), she required a second surgery called Osteotomy. They cut her humerus bone in half and rotated it so she could finally gain the external rotation she needed. Today Ashley is happy, healthy, and is an avid soccer player! Ashley is still a patient at Shriner's Hospital and at one of our first visits there, we noticed that they collected the tabs from soda cans, recycled them and then the money was given back to the hospital. Ashley has made it her goal to help raise brachial plexus awareness and continue to give back so Shriner's so they can continue to help more children like her, so we created Tabs for Ashley. We take responsibility to collect & recycle can tabs and then donate all the money back to Shriners. We thank you for liking our page and hope you will join in our efforts to support Shriner's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.
