Soldier Receives Incredible Double Arm Transplant
Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco lost all four limbs in an explosion while serving in Iraq. After a 13-hour surgery, he’s currently working through physical therapy with a brand-new pair of arms.
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1. Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco, a 26-year-old from Staten Island, New York, lost four limbs in an explosion while serving overseas.
Image by Seth Wenig, File / AP
2. These photos were taken in July before the surgery, with Brendan sporting a prosthetic arm.
Image by Seth Wenig, File / AP
3. Brendan found out late last year he would be eligible for a complex marathon surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
Via: @BMarr86
4. On Dec. 18, Brendan underwent a 13-hour double-arm transplant, only the seventh such procedure in U.S. history.
Via: @BMarr86
5. Brendan documented the long and arduous process on Instagram: “About a week after surgery. Was very swollen. Badass #scars”
Via: instagram.com
6. “3 plates about 20 screws and about 4 feet of new scars and I have arms again.”
Via: instagram.com
7. There have only been 60 patients around the world who have received arm transplants.
Via: instagram.com
8. Something Brendan no doubt appreciates, as evidenced by this tweet from earlier in January.
Via: @BMarr86
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christy scarvelli 3 months agoGod bless him, as well as every single member of any department or troop who willingly signed up to put their family time, sleep, safety and life on the back burner to protect the freedom and well being of people who often times take them for granted. From a sometimes ungrateful nation, we are so blessed to have men and women who don’t do this for the thanks that they might never recieve, thank you. I pray this operation produces the results he’s hoping for, and that this option is made available to many more soldiers and service people who have lost limbs while helping others.
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