Re: transplant progress...

From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Mon Nov 29 1999 - 22:17:19 MST


Spike Jones wrote:
 
> Cool! That hand-transplant guy can actually use the hand for
> something other than waving. Now if they could just give me
> a new brain... {8^D spike

Or give me a new sense of humor- when I saw these two stories near each
other I couldn't help but laugh- it kinda gives a new meaning to "that'll
cost you an arm and a leg," doesn't it?

Hand Transplant Man Can Use Fingers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Everyday tasks -- right down to tying shoelaces -- are
becoming easier for Matthew Scott, the nation's first recipient of a hand
transplant.

Athlete Excels Despite Amputation
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. -- Born with a rare disease that rendered part of his
right leg useless, Jordan Conlee decided five years ago to have it
amputated.

--
Doug Jones
Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace
http://www.xcor-aerospace.com


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