Hand Transplant

The video above isn't of the hand transplant that i wanted to talk about, but it is the same institution and doctor (Lee) that was involved.

They just did a new surgery with 23 doctors that took 11 hours for this Army guy who lost BOTH hands in a farming accident. to do it, they had to remove the arm above the right elbow before attaching the donor arm. most amazing, the guy has functionality in his left hand ALREADY, and the surgery was only three weeks ago. it's INSANE.

when the footage i saw becomes available online, i'll update this entry. it's almost up on the abc website HERE, but it's taking forever to load. i'm up in prescott at my "Gay Dads'" house for spring break, and their computer is rickety and slow as hell.