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Can t. i would be thinking huh? you just hit the nail on the head. we walked out of there, got to the parking lot. i stopped, i said, what did they just say in there? what are they talking about? hand transplant, face transplant. i said, where s this going, you know? but he was always independent, had his own place, right out of high school got his own place, got a job, had his own apartment, got his car. first time face transplant double hand transplant, you re his parents but you also heard something else. he could die. sean: he may not survive that operation. that s all i heard. sean: that s all you heard. he says yes real fast. she says well, if he wants to do it then i m with him. sean: and you said no. if god didn t take him on the table. sean: were you a no? iowas a no. dr. rodriguez asked, joe, you know, you might not make it. it s a dangerous operation. ....
A scream. she said, who was that? i said it s joe. he was in an accident. is he okay? i said it doesn t sound good. he was in a medically induced coma for three straight months. the severe facial scarring left him with no lips, no eyelids, his fingertips had to be amputated leaving him unable to do everyday tasks and live a regular life. you have this horrible car accident, you don t remember, i would assume, right, at this point. no, i don t even remember going to work that night either. sean: so you had all these skin graft surgeries. you had no lips, no eyelids. your fingertips had to be amputated as part of this. you needed help getting dressed in the morning. you needed help with just doing the basics in life. yeah, just everything. my mom had to help me through a lot of things. it s not the right way to live. ....
Impact them more because they come home, you know, with missing arms and legs and. sean: it s hard. my surgery s a blueprint for them. sean: what is next for joe. gaining the strength in my hands and move out, get my job again. they want me back as soon as possible. sean: they do want you back. i m very close with them. joe s future s very bright. i think for joe this operation transmits to independence and freedom. and the more independence that we can provide him, which is the case with his new hands and face, the happier he ll be. and you can see this in him. it is truly amazing and the possibilities are endless for the future of this cutting edge medicine. doctors like eduardo rodded rod, they re able to not just save lives but give people a future and the life that once seemed impossible for them. that s all the time we have for this special edition of hannity. a very huge thank you to patrick ....
They weren t functional. he would grab things with his hands like this, he didn t have functional digits. we emptied his arm at forearm level. sean: can t go back. point of no return. at this point the right hand is ready to go we remove it everything s tagged we flush it with a preservative the right hand goes into the room and we begin the connections. while we re working on that remain are, my team is moving on the right arm, we re still working on the left hand and the face. once they ve reached about a 50% completion work on the right hand, in joe s room, the bones are connected, plates are screwed, the blood vessels are connected and then you start connecting sensors tendons flexors everything to work in the hand normally once everything is looking healthy we move to the left. at this point the right hand connections and that team is reaching the conclusion is that, the left hand is beginning the work. so now they re connecting the left arm, bones, plates, nerves. once the ri ....
The other side, they are so sean: after 45 days of inpatient care, well, joe was transferred to a rehab facility and his road to recovery began. 57 days later, joe was back in the world again. it went better than i ever expected. up, down. up. joe you know what we re doing today, we re going to liberate you let you look in the mirror. big smile. starting to move. isn t that great? open your mouth real wide. teeth. open your eyes real wide. i was so impressed when i first time i grabbed a five pound dumbbell and grabbed them independently and it required a pretty significant grip. my progress so far has gone really ahead of schedule, your honor, my motivation to get things done is really high up ....