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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? a i was a no. dr. rodriguez asked, joe, you know, you might not make it. it s a dangerous operation. ....
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.th sean: they do want you back. i m very close with them.s joe s future s very bright. i think for joe this operation transmits to independence and freedom. and the moreen 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 rodriguez 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 ....
Hard every day trying to get this transplant done so hopefully it s not much longer. get up in the morning and you think it s day to day, you know. just next day, it s the same way, just, it s how it is. so hopefully it will happen soon. it s in god s hands. so it will happen when he s ready for it to happen. i know he has an angel out there for me somewhere and one day hopefully when that day comes that family is drawn, because i could not imagine losing somebody at a young age and then having be asked to give what they re asking to give. sean: finally the call came. there a was a match. you have to tell them, this may not work. you may not survive this. most people know that i m a very clear straightforward shooter and i tell them, this operation could kill you. i hate to use this phrasee because it is a so silly and cliche but you were willing to be the guinea pig. ....
well you do what you love. sean: in 2001 he ran into a burning building to rescue a woman that was trapped inside. suddenly the burning roof collapsed directly onto patrick s head. roof collapsed on patrick knocking down his helmet. he felt the mask on his face was melting. sean: patrick held his breath. he jumped out of a window with he jumped out of a window with to his face. it claimed his h scalp, his nose, his lips, his ears his eyelids and all the skin on his face. i remember everything from getting in the ambulance to the helicopter. don t remember very much after that. sean: he was burned so badly that his fellow fire fighters couldn t even tell who it was. i had no idea who i had until we put him in the ambulance and he pulled it down over his face and had the picture with the kids. ....
We want to connect as soon as possible. it s very precise and then you have to attach muscles bones, so you begin connecting the bones with plates and screws and then suturing and microscope and blood vessels and then you taylor of the skin. you want to make sure the eyelids align. you would also replace the ears you have to align the ear canal so you can hear normally. the nose has to be properly aligned so you can breathe normally. the lips, everything has to be properly tailored. sean: the amount of detail and intricacy is mindd numb to me. as soon as we connect the major artery, the carotid, our hearts, i imagine my heart rate s probably up throughout this whole process. once you connect the face and you see the face pink up, that s when i take a breath. sean: you see it. you can see it. sean: the face is alive again. it s alive again, it s alive ....