New York teen who lost arm while cleaning pasta machine is able to move limb again
New York teen who lost arm while cleaning pasta machine is able to move limb again
Published May 17, 2014
BOSTON A teenager whose arm was severed below the elbow as he cleaned a pasta machine has had the limb successfully reattached.
WCVB-TV ( http://bit.ly/QSl5vA ) reports 17-year-old Brett Bouchard is able to move his right arm again less than three weeks after his at Violi's Restaurant in Massena, New York, on the Canadian border.
So far, Bouchard has undergone four surgeries at Massachusetts in Boston. say his quick decision a tourniquet and recover the lost limb have helped his recovery.
Bouchard will need still more surgeries to transfer new muscles to his hand. But he's confident he'll be able to regrow the nerves in his lower arm and regain his sense of touch.
Thank goodness for modern medicine!