Now 'I'm me again': Veteran overjoyed after double-arm transplant - Washington Times
After losing his arms and legs to a roadside bomb, finding the courage for a risky double-transplant surgery, and now facing years of grueling rehabilitation to regain the use of two donated arms, it’s fitting that 26-year-old former soldier Brendan Marrocco said his favorite character in the Harry Potter book series is the young wizard himself — “the boy who lived.”
Wearing an easy smile and bandages that covered his arms from his biceps to his wrists, Mr. Marrocco spoke at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Tuesday about the significance of the operation and what new arms will mean for his independence.
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