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'Heart of a lion': Quadruple amputee Afghanistan vet prepares for arm transplant
Fox News ^
| 7-4-2014
| Jennifer Griffin
Posted on 07/04/2014 2:14:17 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Marine Sgt. John Peck is one of very few quadruple amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he is preparing for his next mission: an experimental double-arm transplant that will give him, in part, his freedom back.
"No more prosthetics," Peck told Fox News. "I'm going to get cadaver arms from a donor, and they're going to do a 16-hour surgery with 12-16 doctors and reattach bone, using titanium plates, reattaching nerves, blood vessels, tendons, and muscles."
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Give him a hand, and two arms too.
To: Citizen Zed
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07/04/2014 2:16:17 PM PDT
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svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
To: Citizen Zed
that's real courage... may God bless
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:21:58 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Citizen Zed
Impressive guy! Got to put him on the prayer list...and his wife and family, too!
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07/04/2014 2:30:57 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:31:59 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:37:20 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
07/04/2014 2:52:38 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016!)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:12:31 PM PDT
by
windcliff
To: Citizen Zed
Such surgery is possible, but incredibly difficult. We should all hope for the very best outcome.
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posted on
07/04/2014 3:33:51 PM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: Citizen Zed
hope it can work for him. if i was in his spot if they didn’t have good bionics i’d do what he’s doing.
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posted on
07/04/2014 4:56:03 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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