A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT.
HIS LEFT HAND WAS TRAPPED IN A MACHINE THAT IS USED TO
MAKE PLASTIC TABLEWARE.
THE SKIN OF HIS HAND WAS TORN OFF AND THE BONES AND
TENDONS WERE EXPOSED.
A LOT OF DOCTORS SAID THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR HIM, THEY WERE
PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO AND TAKE THE HAND; HOWEVER,
THERE WAS ONE DOCTOR WHO SAID THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER
SOLUTION, AND THE SOLUTION IS PRETTY AMAZING.
SO, DOCTOR BORIS BRANDAO, IN ORTHOPEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGY
DOCTOR, HAD ANOTHER SOLUTIONS: INSERT THE DAMAGED HAND
INTO THE PATIENT'S BELLY TO PROTECTED FROM INFECTIONS
UNTIL SKIN GRAFTS CAN BE DONE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO THAT IS A LITTLE GRAPHIC, I JUST WANT
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE WARNING, BUT HERE IS A PHOTO OF CARLOS'S
HAND IN HIS STOMACH.
WOW!
SO, HE HAD TO UNDERGO THIS PROCEDURE WHERE HE HAD TO PUT
HIS HAND IN THIS ABDOMINAL AREA, JUST TO PROTECT HIM FROM
INFECTIONS, AND SO THEY WAITED UNTIL A SKIN GRAFT WOULD BE
POSSIBLE.
IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WOUNDED HAND ALIVE, "WE OPENED THE
ABDOMEN, TOOK THE ñ
TOOK OFF THE SKIN AND PUT IT INSIDE THE CAVITY TO PROTECT IT.
THE PATIENT'S HAND MUST STAY IN THE POCKET FOR ABOUT 42
DAYS TO ENSURE IT DEVELOPS NEW TISSUE AND TENDON MATERIAL,
WHICH IS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING A REPLANTED SKIN GRAFT."
I LOVE THIS DOCTOR, BECAUSE THAT IS INNOVATIVE.
NOT A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT.
THEY TALK ABOUT DISRUPTORS IN THE MEDIA, OR IN THE TECH
INDUSTRY, THAT IS A DISRUPTOR RIGHT THERE.
HE'S LIKE, I GOT AN IDEA.
IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE.
AND ALSO, IMAGINE BEING IN THAT SITUATION, AND HAVING YOUR
ARM CONNECTED YOU ARE ABDOMEN FOR 45 DAYS.
IS WHAT CARLOS SAID ABOUT IT: "IT WAS A REALLY WEIRD SENSATION
BECAUSE I COULD FEEL MY FINGERS WIGGLING INSIDE MY BODY.
WHEN I MOVE THEM AROUND, MY TUMMY PROTRUDED AS I
PRODDED ABOUT."
ANYWAY, HE IS ACTUALLY RECOVERING PRETTY WELL.
"WHEN THE HAND WAS TAKEN OUT 42 LEADERS,
ñ 42 DAYS LATER, DOCTORS CRAFTED SKIN FROM HIS LEFT SIDE ON
IT, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A FLESHY BOXING GLOVE."
THERE WILL BE PROCEDURES IN THE FUTURE TO KIND OF SEPARATE
THE FINGERS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS KIND OF ONE PIECE,
BUT HE IS RECOVERING AND DOING WELL, AND IT IS JUST ONE
STORY SHOWING WHAT THE MEDICAL PROFESSION CAN DO.
IT'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY: #SCIENCE.
SCIENCE FOR THE WIN!
THESE ARE ALL WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENTS, AND YES,
SOMETIMES WHEN THERE IS CHANGE IT FREAKS US OUT A LITTLE BIT.
IF I SAW THAT DUDE IN PUBLIC, AND HE HAD HIS HAND INSERTED IN
HIS ñ IN FACT, WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT PICTURE ONLINE I
THOUGHT THE DOCTOR HAD SCREWED UP.
SO DID I.
YOU SENT THE STORY THIS MORNING AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T
WANT TO DO THIS STORY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, IT SHOWS YOU HOW INNOVATIVE DOCTORS
CAN BE, HOW IMPORTANT THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS, AND ALSO
ONE QUICK, I GUESS I PUT A GOAL OPINION ON THIS, HIS EMPLOYERS
ARE JUST THE UNWILLING TO HELP HIM PAY HIS MEDICAL BILLS.
SO WHAT IF YOUR SKIN WAS TORN OFF AND YOUR BONES AND
TENDONS WERE EXPOSED, DEAL WITH IT, PUT YOUR HAND IN YOUR
STOMACH OR SOMETHING.
THIS IS IN BRAZIL, NOT THE UNITED STATES, BUT I COULD
SEE THIS HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES.
WELL, THAT IS WHY BIG BUSINESS IS THE ONLY THING LESS POPULAR
ñ AT LEAST IN AMERICA ñ
THEN MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND POLITICIANS.
LESS POPULAR THAN POLITICIANS, AND APPARENTLY THAT APPLIES
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, AND YOU SEE WHY.