WEBVTT 00:00:00.250 --> 00:00:03.820 This program examines the prosthetic rehabilitatio of missing or malformed anatomy. 00:00:03.820 --> 00:00:07.060 Due to its graphic nature, viewer discretion is advised 00:00:10.060 --> 00:00:13.360 My hands were so dead. 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:16.730 My body was in excruciating pain. 00:00:17.370 --> 00:00:18.370 This is different 00:00:19.070 --> 00:00:20.670 Hands are by far 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:22.240 the largest prosthesis 00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:24.510 that we make here. 00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:26.240 I love you, Mommy. 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:27.740 A mother's touch, 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:29.880 that's what we're trying to restore here. 00:00:31.750 --> 00:00:36.020 They removed six to eight ounces of gravel from my face. 00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:39.120 I have quite the quilt to work with. 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:41.420 Daniel's skin graft is kind of throwing me for a loop. 00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:42.520 Does it grow hair? 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:43.860 -It does. -Yeah. 00:00:43.930 --> 00:00:45.430 I'm ready to feel... 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:47.130 like myself again. 00:00:51.070 --> 00:00:53.640 -Hello, friend. -What? 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.740 Allison made my first replacement ear 00:00:56.370 --> 00:00:57.370 and my second. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.040 My dogs keep eating my ears. 00:01:00.940 --> 00:01:02.340 Follow my instructions 00:01:02.350 --> 00:01:04.980 and do not let your pets eat this. 00:01:26.170 --> 00:01:29.170 It's very difficult to think about who I am right now. 00:01:31.740 --> 00:01:33.170 It's like pretty much 00:01:33.940 --> 00:01:35.380 starting a whole new life. 00:01:41.620 --> 00:01:42.650 My name is Victoria. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:44.520 I'm 40 years old. 00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:46.750 And I have no hands, 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:48.220 no feet. 00:01:54.130 --> 00:01:56.330 So, I use a 00:01:56.970 --> 00:01:58.170 strap 00:01:58.270 --> 00:02:00.540 'cause I'm gonna put the spoon in here. 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:05.140 Before I got sick, 00:02:06.350 --> 00:02:10.510 I came to Denver, Colorado from Kenya 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.220 when I was 19 years old for school. 00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:17.660 Coming to Denver, I mean, it didn't change much of me. 00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:20.020 People like to be outdoors, 00:02:20.030 --> 00:02:21.530 which is... 00:02:21.530 --> 00:02:23.030 pretty much my jam. 00:02:24.530 --> 00:02:26.360 Right around 2010, 00:02:26.430 --> 00:02:29.370 I started my own business in property management. 00:02:29.470 --> 00:02:32.600 My boyfriend at the time was my business partner 00:02:32.610 --> 00:02:34.240 and we were a good team. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:37.640 2015, I had Zander. 00:02:39.350 --> 00:02:42.050 For me, it was a beautiful time 00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:43.810 'cause I had this little person 00:02:43.820 --> 00:02:47.250 that I loved with every fiber of my being, 00:02:47.350 --> 00:02:50.120 and I was improving myself. 00:02:51.260 --> 00:02:52.820 And then 2019 happened. 00:02:59.570 --> 00:03:01.030 Started coughing. 00:03:01.030 --> 00:03:02.130 I didn't think much of it, 00:03:03.340 --> 00:03:04.970 but it was so persistent. 00:03:05.870 --> 00:03:07.170 Every time I went to sleep, 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.270 I couldn't breathe. 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:13.640 The doctor explained to me, "You have walking pneumonia. 00:03:14.650 --> 00:03:16.280 So, I'm thinking antibiotics 00:03:16.350 --> 00:03:18.020 and I'll be fine. 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:19.750 And then they told me I'm septic. 00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:24.360 The infection was 00:03:24.460 --> 00:03:25.720 seeping into my blood. 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:31.130 My body was in excruciating pain. 00:03:32.370 --> 00:03:34.130 They put me in a medically-induced coma. 00:03:35.640 --> 00:03:37.940 At around week three, 00:03:37.940 --> 00:03:39.140 eventually I wake up 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:41.640 and I'm like, "Whoa! 00:03:42.410 --> 00:03:43.540 Why are my hands black?" 00:03:46.050 --> 00:03:48.450 Because I did not have any circulation, 00:03:48.450 --> 00:03:51.050 my hands were so dead. 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:54.520 And my feet were just stuck there. 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:59.420 If they stayed, I'm dead. 00:03:59.430 --> 00:04:01.130 There was no way I was going to survive with them. 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:12.370 I walked into the hospital 00:04:12.370 --> 00:04:14.610 in January with my limbs, 00:04:14.610 --> 00:04:16.940 and by March, they had cut them all. 00:04:25.820 --> 00:04:27.280 My leg prosthetics are part of me. 00:04:27.290 --> 00:04:28.750 I feel like they're part of me. 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:32.320 Getting my legs 00:04:32.330 --> 00:04:34.930 was probably one of the best moments 00:04:34.930 --> 00:04:36.330 I'd had that year. 00:04:38.130 --> 00:04:39.660 But my hands, no. 00:04:40.970 --> 00:04:43.270 So, here comes the puzzle, 00:04:43.270 --> 00:04:45.640 which hand goes where. 00:04:45.640 --> 00:04:48.370 So, you put this on like you'd put on a jacket. 00:04:49.380 --> 00:04:51.740 They're cumbersome to put on and off. 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.780 If I'm picking up something like this... 00:04:55.150 --> 00:04:57.720 It's like baggage. 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:59.920 If I'm picking up towel, maybe. 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:03.850 Argh! 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:06.560 I prefer just not wearing them. 00:05:10.930 --> 00:05:12.060 You're gonna do the socks, right? 00:05:12.730 --> 00:05:13.860 Oh, cool. 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:19.740 And just for my son, Zander, 00:05:19.740 --> 00:05:21.840 is he ever gonna accept me 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:23.940 as I am this way? 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:27.080 When I drop him off at his school, 00:05:27.150 --> 00:05:29.850 there's like, all these kids outside, 00:05:29.850 --> 00:05:31.920 and some of them will see me 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:33.420 and they will walk off the path. 00:05:33.420 --> 00:05:35.550 Some of them will just stand and stare. 00:05:36.520 --> 00:05:38.120 Emotionally, yes, 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.520 it weighs heavy on him. 00:05:40.530 --> 00:05:42.060 Zander, what are you gonna make now? 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:43.160 -What is it called? -Playground. 00:05:43.260 --> 00:05:44.590 Oh, playground, okay. 00:05:46.070 --> 00:05:49.740 My name is Marcie and I have known Victoria for 20 plus years. 00:05:51.610 --> 00:05:53.370 - It's okay, but... - Boring. 00:05:53.440 --> 00:05:55.840 - Make something fun, then it won't be boring. - -Yep. 00:05:57.340 --> 00:05:59.440 Watching Zander through 00:05:59.450 --> 00:06:01.380 Victoria's sepsis episode 00:06:02.050 --> 00:06:03.150 was a struggle. 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:07.390 He just shut down and did not talk, 00:06:07.390 --> 00:06:08.650 did not wanna eat, 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:12.920 and did not know how to handle the whole situation. 00:06:12.930 --> 00:06:16.160 Does it feel different, papa, when you hold my hand? 00:06:16.260 --> 00:06:19.130 'Cause now I'm missing the whole hand and it's just shorter now. 00:06:21.440 --> 00:06:23.140 Yeah, 'cause it's not my hand hand, right? 00:06:24.200 --> 00:06:27.640 If Victoria got hands that looked like hands, 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:30.840 then Zander would feel his mom is normal, 00:06:31.350 --> 00:06:33.150 like everybody else. 00:06:34.280 --> 00:06:36.110 Oh, my God! What if I get them 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.250 and now I can tickle you harder? 00:06:39.320 --> 00:06:40.720 Then what's gonna happen? 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:45.590 I'm hoping Allison's hand 00:06:45.630 --> 00:06:47.330 will help Zander feel confident. 00:06:49.230 --> 00:06:51.030 -How many do you want? -One hundred. 00:06:51.030 --> 00:06:51.770 He's learning fas 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:53.470 and he's growing 00:06:53.570 --> 00:06:55.370 and he's adapting. 00:06:55.470 --> 00:06:57.570 -It feels soft. -It feels soft. 00:06:57.640 --> 00:07:00.040 -And you like when Mummy does that? -Mmm-hmm. 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.710 So, I love that about 00:07:02.710 --> 00:07:05.380 normalizing things with him. 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.950 -I love you, Mommy. -You do? 00:07:07.950 --> 00:07:12.050 -Hmm. 1,312. -How much? 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:28.140 So, today I get to meet Victoria. 00:07:29.140 --> 00:07:32.270 Hands are by far the largest prosthesis 00:07:32.840 --> 00:07:35.210 that we make here. 00:07:35.210 --> 00:07:37.150 And let's not forget, she needs two. 00:07:38.450 --> 00:07:39.450 I'm excited. 00:07:40.050 --> 00:07:42.450 We are moving forward. 00:07:43.750 --> 00:07:46.120 The kind of prostheses I normally mak 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.620 for example, an ear or a nos 00:07:48.630 --> 00:07:50.630 are kind of placed onto the face. 00:07:51.130 --> 00:07:52.330 Victoria's hands 00:07:52.830 --> 00:07:57.370 have to stand up to a lot harder treatment. 00:07:57.870 --> 00:07:59.270 What's in that bag? 00:07:59.370 --> 00:08:01.440 - Can I use one of them? - Yeah, like, yeah... 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:03.940 I need to bring in 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:07.040 a fellow anaplastologist, David Robinson. 00:08:08.010 --> 00:08:10.380 He has a very special skill set, 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.480 larger in prostheses. 00:08:12.550 --> 00:08:15.320 He understands the weight bearing 00:08:15.320 --> 00:08:18.020 and the functional components that we need for Victoria. 00:08:18.020 --> 00:08:18.920 -Okay, all right. -Let's rock. 00:08:19.020 --> 00:08:20.220 Good morning! 00:08:20.290 --> 00:08:22.360 -Hey, nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you, Victoria. 00:08:22.430 --> 00:08:23.490 This is David. Victoria. 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:25.230 -Hi, David. -Nice to meet you, Victoria. 00:08:25.230 --> 00:08:27.600 He'll be helping out with your case. 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.970 So, tell me a little bit about what you would want for your hands. 00:08:31.070 --> 00:08:32.240 The thing is 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.570 being around people with my son. 00:08:34.570 --> 00:08:36.040 It's uncomfortable for him 00:08:36.040 --> 00:08:37.870 because of the reactions they have 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:39.280 when they look at me. 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:42.280 -So, I would like to ease that on him. -Okay. 00:08:44.150 --> 00:08:46.120 Losing both hands is debilitating, 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.220 but also really isolating. 00:08:49.450 --> 00:08:51.850 It takes away your connectio 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:54.560 with those you love, like your children. 00:08:55.230 --> 00:08:56.560 A mother's touch, 00:08:56.560 --> 00:08:58.860 that's what we're trying to restore here. 00:08:59.830 --> 00:09:02.670 There's also the eating function. 00:09:02.730 --> 00:09:04.670 So, you'd like to try, 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:06.470 hopefully use a prosthetic hand 00:09:06.470 --> 00:09:08.000 to support your fork 00:09:08.010 --> 00:09:09.970 -and feed yourself? -If it is possible. 00:09:11.040 --> 00:09:14.280 To help Victoria accomplish her goals, 00:09:14.350 --> 00:09:16.250 David will create the hand shapes. 00:09:17.050 --> 00:09:18.680 He'll put wire inside them, 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:21.320 so that she can pose those fingers 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:23.820 to be able to grasp different objects. 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:26.020 For example, holding onto a water bottle all the time, 00:09:26.020 --> 00:09:28.160 it's just a matter of moving the pinky and... 00:09:28.230 --> 00:09:29.760 And I'm working on the colors, 00:09:29.830 --> 00:09:32.330 those finer details, to really bring this to life. 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:33.730 I'm like, "Yay!" 00:09:36.130 --> 00:09:37.770 But before we proceed, 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.570 determining a patient's candidacy 00:09:41.570 --> 00:09:43.670 for a prosthesis is very important. 00:09:44.380 --> 00:09:45.840 How is your sensation? 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:47.680 Sensitivity, better now. 00:09:47.750 --> 00:09:49.150 I mean, I can do push-ups now 00:09:49.150 --> 00:09:51.150 -with just my hands as... instead of this. -Right on the end? 00:09:51.150 --> 00:09:52.650 - That's impressive. - Wow. 00:09:54.150 --> 00:09:55.820 It took a lot of practice. 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:59.320 - Do it. You counting? -Mmm-hmm. 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:00.460 Do it, come on. 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:02.860 One, two, 00:10:03.330 --> 00:10:04.360 three. 00:10:04.430 --> 00:10:08.730 I am in the presence of a bad* here. 00:10:08.730 --> 00:10:11.170 Nine, ten. You're done. 00:10:12.140 --> 00:10:13.540 Thank you. 00:10:16.040 --> 00:10:19.480 We first start by taking impressions of both sides. 00:10:19.580 --> 00:10:22.350 Once we have those copies of your anatomy... 00:10:22.350 --> 00:10:23.480 ...that gives us a start 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:25.950 -then for the definitive prosthesis. -Mmm-hmm. 00:10:26.020 --> 00:10:27.250 -Are you ready? -I am. 00:10:27.350 --> 00:10:28.950 Okay. Let's get messy. 00:10:29.050 --> 00:10:30.320 -Let's get messy. -Let's do it. 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.620 We're using an impression-type silicone. 00:10:33.630 --> 00:10:35.830 All you have to do is pretend to be a statue. 00:10:35.830 --> 00:10:37.530 This is different. 00:10:37.530 --> 00:10:38.830 - So gooey. - That's right. 00:10:40.030 --> 00:10:41.460 How are your shoulders, Victoria? 00:10:42.030 --> 00:10:43.330 Yeah, perfect. 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:44.900 Good answer. 00:10:46.040 --> 00:10:48.370 I think Victoria' fighting spirit 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.610 has gone a really long way 00:10:50.610 --> 00:10:55.650 in how she's been able to deal with her amputations. 00:10:56.150 --> 00:10:58.780 I can't wait to see how it comes off 00:10:58.850 --> 00:11:02.050 'cause I don't see how this is going to come out. 00:11:02.150 --> 00:11:03.620 Now the pressure is on us 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:05.350 to deliver the goods. 00:11:07.430 --> 00:11:09.460 So, I'm just gonna wet this plaster bandage. 00:11:10.130 --> 00:11:13.560 Not only do these prostheses have to be tough enough 00:11:13.660 --> 00:11:14.860 to bear weight for her, 00:11:14.970 --> 00:11:16.870 but it's a lot of surface area. 00:11:16.970 --> 00:11:19.570 If I don't nail this color, 00:11:19.670 --> 00:11:21.940 they can look like they don't belong to her. 00:11:21.940 --> 00:11:24.270 - Oh, you got the whole thing, that's great. - Nice. 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:25.840 You didn't wax me either. 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:26.910 That's right. 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:32.320 - My ear has been beautiful. - Okay. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.550 - But can you see the tooth marks? - -Yeah. 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.850 Look at those chews. 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:38.550 My poor ear. 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.260 It's a pretty fun chew toy, apparently. 00:11:57.710 --> 00:11:58.980 There's a saying, 00:11:59.080 --> 00:12:02.140 "You can save your face or your *, but not both." 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:08.020 I was only left with one option. 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:14.490 My name is Daniel, I'm 41 years old from Boulder, Colorado, 00:12:14.490 --> 00:12:16.360 and I lost my eye in a car wreck. 00:12:24.640 --> 00:12:28.840 Putting my ocular in has become second nature, really. 00:12:29.870 --> 00:12:33.340 I used to be a very eye-sensitive person. 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:36.350 If I saw someone put contacts, then my eyes would water. 00:12:37.550 --> 00:12:39.520 But I had got over that. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:44.950 I was always pretty sensitive and emotional kid. 00:12:46.920 --> 00:12:48.360 My childhood 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:50.660 began typically normally 00:12:50.760 --> 00:12:54.060 for having a Jewish cowboy lawyer for a father 00:12:54.130 --> 00:12:57.030 and a German Protestant for a mother. 00:12:57.040 --> 00:12:59.040 And went to a Buddhist preschool, 00:12:59.670 --> 00:13:00.970 naturally. 00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:05.440 My parents had got divorced in the second grade. 00:13:08.150 --> 00:13:11.680 I began drinking and doing drugs in the seventh grade, 00:13:13.950 --> 00:13:15.950 until I was 18. 00:13:17.460 --> 00:13:20.190 At that point, I turned it around. 00:13:20.190 --> 00:13:23.830 Got married, got divorced, went back to college. 00:13:23.830 --> 00:13:25.560 I was doing pretty well for a while. 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:28.130 And then 00:13:28.130 --> 00:13:30.270 my father passed in 2014, 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:34.740 which was kind of like the last straw. 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:40.240 By 2017, 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.950 I was pretty much at a place where I was... 00:13:44.350 --> 00:13:47.320 confident that I would just drink myself to death. 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.260 I got in the car, 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.660 and I proceeded to fly down this canyon 00:13:56.660 --> 00:13:58.430 at over 100 miles an hour, 00:13:58.430 --> 00:14:00.660 and I overcorrected a turn, 00:14:02.330 --> 00:14:05.030 flipped the car several time 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:07.340 They removed, 00:14:07.340 --> 00:14:10.840 I think they said six to eight ounces of gravel from my face. 00:14:14.950 --> 00:14:16.580 I had facial degloving, 00:14:16.650 --> 00:14:18.780 which is the medical term 00:14:18.850 --> 00:14:21.420 for skin being peeled off the bone. 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:25.320 I had my eye removed. 00:14:27.020 --> 00:14:30.530 I had a graft of skin taken from my thigh 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:34.660 and attached to my face. 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.870 I was lucky to survive. 00:14:43.770 --> 00:14:45.140 I just have a... 00:14:46.640 --> 00:14:49.950 ...limited scope... ...of vision. 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:52.720 So, I have to use other senses. 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:54.150 I have to feel more. 00:14:55.520 --> 00:14:58.220 I often nick myself, 00:15:00.760 --> 00:15:03.760 as it's not really even anymore. 00:15:05.530 --> 00:15:07.160 And I also have to shave 00:15:07.730 --> 00:15:12.130 my skin graft because it grows leg hair. 00:15:13.640 --> 00:15:15.340 After they took my eye, 00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:18.540 the doctors made me an ocular prosthetic. 00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:21.540 But having a heavily scarred face 00:15:21.550 --> 00:15:23.350 around the eye, 00:15:23.350 --> 00:15:24.680 it just didn't look right. 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:27.850 So, I had a mold made 00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:30.550 and made a silver eye. 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:33.420 And now it's in a much better place now. 00:15:34.230 --> 00:15:35.960 I mean basically, after the wreck, 00:15:36.030 --> 00:15:38.430 my eyebrow was up here. 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:41.260 I don't think I have that... 00:15:42.670 --> 00:15:44.830 action left anymore. 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:47.170 What I'm looking for 00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:49.670 is an upper facial prosthetic. 00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:53.680 For lack of a better word, an eyebrow. 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:04.750 Ah, buddy, you got people backing up behind you. 00:16:04.760 --> 00:16:06.860 -You can speed up a bit. -All right, all right. 00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:09.930 I'm just trying to drive safe here. 00:16:09.930 --> 00:16:12.490 My name's Clay, I've been best friends with Daniel 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.760 for 35 years, 00:16:13.830 --> 00:16:15.130 since the first day of the first grade. 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.570 Before the accident, 00:16:19.670 --> 00:16:22.340 Daniel was very flamboyant 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:24.340 and extroverted. 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:26.740 We would go to the movies oftentimes 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.840 and he would be yelling hilarious things 00:16:28.850 --> 00:16:31.950 and he'd get the whole audience laughing with him. 00:16:32.750 --> 00:16:34.850 Feel like I'm riding with grandpa. 00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:36.250 Step on it is what you're saying. 00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:40.720 And since the accident, 00:16:40.730 --> 00:16:44.660 a big part of his journey has been healing his... 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:47.530 self-confidence. 00:16:47.530 --> 00:16:49.700 Given the juxtaposition of my 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:53.040 face and the fact that my eyelids don't operate, 00:16:53.040 --> 00:16:54.840 open and close, 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.340 it's kind of creepy. 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:58.540 -Folks staring or what not. -Yeah. 00:16:58.540 --> 00:17:00.680 I'm pretty much made for Halloween these days. 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:03.850 I cleaned up and 00:17:03.850 --> 00:17:06.050 I began to realize that 00:17:06.550 --> 00:17:08.350 I had to 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:10.920 stop beating myself with guilt and shame. 00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:14.520 A lot of healing. I'm doing a lot of that. 00:17:15.230 --> 00:17:17.760 But I'm ready to feel, 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:19.530 like myself again, physically. 00:17:28.670 --> 00:17:30.340 -Good morning, Daniel. -Good morning. 00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:32.170 -How are you? -Good, so nice to meet you. 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:33.840 You too. 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:35.340 Tell me where we start here. 00:17:35.950 --> 00:17:37.850 So, I flipped a car 00:17:37.850 --> 00:17:40.420 at 100 miles an hour with no seat belt on. 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:42.650 -Well, that's a first. Okay. -And opened the sunroof. 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.020 And had facial degloving. 00:17:47.530 --> 00:17:49.530 I've had patients come 00:17:49.530 --> 00:17:52.530 to see me as a result of car accidents. 00:17:52.530 --> 00:17:56.060 They've never been as extrem as Daniel's case. 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.070 I was very lucky to survive. 00:18:00.170 --> 00:18:03.070 Very lucky I wasn't a vegetable. 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:06.340 Facial disfigurement is not something 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.880 you can hide from the world. 00:18:08.950 --> 00:18:11.010 So, what are you wearing in your eye right now? 00:18:11.020 --> 00:18:14.320 So, having a natural-looking prosthetic 00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:17.750 didn't really work with the rest of my face, 00:18:17.760 --> 00:18:20.420 so I basically made this silver eye. 00:18:20.830 --> 00:18:22.420 I like it. 00:18:22.430 --> 00:18:24.730 Daniel doesn't necessarily want 00:18:24.730 --> 00:18:27.760 a natural-looking prosthesis. 00:18:27.830 --> 00:18:30.330 His silver ocular fits him and his style, 00:18:30.330 --> 00:18:31.670 so he's rockin' it. 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:34.340 Tell me what you were thinking 00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:36.440 for me to be able to do. 00:18:36.870 --> 00:18:38.440 Well, I guess 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.840 - I was thinking more of this area. - -Okay. 00:18:41.850 --> 00:18:45.050 -Do you mind if I feel around a little bit? -No, not at all. 00:18:45.050 --> 00:18:47.820 Okay. Let me see how much the eyebrow moves. 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:50.450 -Go ahead and... Oh, not a lot. -No, not a lot. 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.950 Smile real big. 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.520 Yeah. 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:55.760 Nothing is sore here. 00:18:55.760 --> 00:18:57.630 Okay. 00:18:57.630 --> 00:19:01.130 Well, we could finish off the eyebrow. 00:19:01.130 --> 00:19:04.730 We can make a real small eyebrow prosthesis for you. 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.830 Taper it out. 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:07.340 -Let's do it. -Okay, okay. 00:19:09.270 --> 00:19:11.670 Daniel's eyebrow prosthesis will be 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.680 really on the smaller side of prosthetics that I make, 00:19:14.780 --> 00:19:17.650 but small prosthesis can have very big impact. 00:19:18.850 --> 00:19:23.620 Eyebrows are a very integra part of someone's face. 00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:28.020 They are very essential to facial symmetry 00:19:28.030 --> 00:19:30.160 and facial recognition. 00:19:30.260 --> 00:19:31.460 Basically, it's silicone 00:19:31.530 --> 00:19:34.930 and then it'll be adhered to you with some adhesive. 00:19:34.930 --> 00:19:36.330 I think the best thing, though, would 00:19:36.330 --> 00:19:38.670 be if I could borrow some of your own hair for that. 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:40.640 -Absolutely. -And so, I was looking at your hair. 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.640 Are you going to hate me if I cut a few little pieces here 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:45.540 -and utilize that? -Not at all. 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:47.440 At this point, I'm really used to putting 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.210 body parts in other places, 00:19:49.210 --> 00:19:52.750 taking skin from my thigh to put it to my face. 00:19:52.750 --> 00:19:55.950 -A little off the side, that'd be great. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:58.420 Careful what you ask for. 00:19:58.420 --> 00:20:01.420 So, why not take some hair from my head to build an eyebrow? 00:20:01.430 --> 00:20:02.760 Well, you got a few less now. 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:06.460 I'd like to 00:20:06.530 --> 00:20:09.330 pick out something out of this box 00:20:09.330 --> 00:20:12.030 that's similar to you. 00:20:12.770 --> 00:20:15.140 Daniel's process is a direct 00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:17.570 sculpting into silicone. 00:20:17.670 --> 00:20:19.840 So, his coloring session 00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:25.780 is really just going to be me selecting a pretty darn close color 00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:28.250 from my color swatch box. 00:20:28.350 --> 00:20:30.320 I love this color for your... 00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:32.420 forehead. 00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:34.660 -Mm-hmm. -But I'm thinking I should probably 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:36.360 be matching more to your graft. 00:20:39.930 --> 00:20:42.800 Daniel's skin graft is kind of throwing me for a loop. 00:20:42.800 --> 00:20:44.830 It's a very different color 00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:46.440 from what I'm trying to match to. 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.970 Where did your graft... where did they harvest your... 00:20:49.040 --> 00:20:50.240 From my thigh, here. 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.740 -Does it grow hair? -It does. 00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:53.080 Yeah. 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:56.450 The graft is living skin. 00:20:56.450 --> 00:20:58.680 It's just that the skin from our thigh 00:20:58.780 --> 00:21:00.750 is very different from what's on our face. 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.620 It gets goose bumps, too. 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:05.350 Does it? 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.960 I'm worried that these 00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:09.360 extremely contrasting skin tones 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:13.030 and colors could prove more difficult than I'm thinking. 00:21:14.330 --> 00:21:15.430 Turn that way a little bit for me. 00:21:17.130 --> 00:21:18.130 Darn it! 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.240 That's what my nightmares are made of. 00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:24.670 It's a really big day for Victoria. 00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:27.240 Hold her by the hand and I'll twist. 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:29.140 Try just brute force. 00:21:29.150 --> 00:21:32.750 Worst-case scenario is the prosthesis is torn. 00:21:32.750 --> 00:21:34.420 Fold. No, no. 00:21:45.230 --> 00:21:46.230 What you doing? 00:21:48.170 --> 00:21:49.330 My name is Karen 00:21:49.330 --> 00:21:50.830 and I'm from Fort Worth, Texas. 00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:55.540 In 2017, 00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:59.840 I had a ton of cumulative sun damage 00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:01.680 and got skin cancer 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.680 on my original ear. 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.250 So being so close to the brain, 00:22:05.250 --> 00:22:06.450 it had to go away. 00:22:08.250 --> 00:22:10.020 They took out my ear canal 00:22:11.020 --> 00:22:13.020 and brought skin from my shoulder 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:18.130 and put the patchwork skin right in through here. 00:22:18.130 --> 00:22:19.660 The magnets are right up here. 00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:23.730 My family was really cool with the fact 00:22:23.730 --> 00:22:25.570 that I was going to lose my ear. 00:22:25.670 --> 00:22:27.840 They all understood it's much better to lose 00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:29.370 a body part than your life. 00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:33.940 So, Allison made my first replacement ear 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:36.380 and my second and now I met for my third. 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:39.210 My dogs keep eating my ears. 00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:48.720 -Karen. -Hey, Allison. 00:22:48.730 --> 00:22:50.930 -How are you? -It's so good to see you again. 00:22:50.930 --> 00:22:52.830 So great to see you. 00:22:52.830 --> 00:22:54.530 So, catch me up. 00:22:54.530 --> 00:22:56.430 -My ear has been beautiful. -Okay. 00:22:56.430 --> 00:22:58.430 I've had a lot of fun playing with it. 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.570 That's wonderful. 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:02.440 But I do have a dog that likes to get at it. 00:23:03.770 --> 00:23:06.070 - Can you see the tooth marks? - Yeah! 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.340 Look at those chews. 00:23:10.350 --> 00:23:12.710 Dogs have repeatedly 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:15.320 not been a prosthetic's best friend 00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:16.420 to the point where 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.620 it's in our written instructions, 00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:20.720 "Do you not let your pets eat this." 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.920 My poor ear. 00:23:23.530 --> 00:23:25.060 It's a pretty fun chew toy, apparently. 00:23:26.030 --> 00:23:27.760 There is your ear, your existing ear 00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:29.630 that we cast way back. 00:23:29.630 --> 00:23:30.870 Hello, friend. 00:23:30.970 --> 00:23:32.300 - What? - I miss you. 00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:33.440 I know. 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.610 I keep a box or a time capsule that... 00:23:36.610 --> 00:23:39.370 houses all 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:42.140 the physical models of patients. 00:23:42.150 --> 00:23:45.450 I keep 'em indefinitely because 00:23:45.450 --> 00:23:48.320 you never know when those are gonna come in handy. 00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:49.520 You can use this mold 00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:51.220 - to make my next one? - Yeah. 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:53.120 This is cool. 00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:55.720 Karen's old cast still matches her perfectly 00:23:55.730 --> 00:23:56.830 for shape and size, 00:23:56.830 --> 00:23:58.530 so going to use that again 00:23:58.530 --> 00:24:00.730 and mix up her current colors. 00:24:00.730 --> 00:24:02.030 Will that be enough goo 00:24:02.030 --> 00:24:03.530 to make the entire ear? 00:24:03.530 --> 00:24:05.200 - Yes. - Wow. 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:07.440 And you've got enough colors to match any 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:09.340 -mixing and matching and blending? -I do. 00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:12.340 Four to five, maybe different colors, 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.810 typically in an ear. 00:24:13.810 --> 00:24:15.240 That's really neat. 00:24:15.850 --> 00:24:17.150 Watching her dip into 00:24:17.150 --> 00:24:19.850 the vivid blue or the bright red 00:24:19.950 --> 00:24:22.050 and know just how much to mix into that 00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:25.820 ear stuff is amazing to me. 00:24:26.520 --> 00:24:28.020 And is this plain water? 00:24:28.030 --> 00:24:31.130 Do you have 20 questions, like do we tap out here? 00:24:31.130 --> 00:24:34.160 -Okay, I'll shut up. -No, I'm just teasing. 00:24:34.230 --> 00:24:37.530 I admire Karen's positivity in so many ways, 00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:39.230 about her ear, 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:41.040 about her medical journey, 00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:42.940 and the fact 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:47.040 that she loves her dog so mu 00:24:47.040 --> 00:24:50.050 that she'll just keep getting some ears. 00:24:50.050 --> 00:24:53.010 -We'll see you in a couple of weeks. -Okay. 00:24:53.020 --> 00:24:55.420 Keep this away from the dog. 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.620 I will do that. 00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:58.750 And I'll get to work on your new ear. 00:25:09.130 --> 00:25:12.170 Today is Daniel's delivery day. 00:25:12.270 --> 00:25:15.000 It took three days of painstaking work 00:25:15.010 --> 00:25:16.770 to insert each one of these hairs 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.370 into that thin piece of silicone 00:25:18.410 --> 00:25:20.340 to make this eyebrow prosthesis. 00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:24.450 And hopefully, today it will become a part of him. 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.950 Daniel, we're ready for you now. 00:25:28.650 --> 00:25:31.350 In anticipation of the new eyebrow, I'm a, 00:25:31.450 --> 00:25:33.860 I'm a little more nervous than I expected to be. 00:25:35.830 --> 00:25:40.230 Probably comes from my experience in the last four years 00:25:40.230 --> 00:25:42.430 of multiple surgeries, 00:25:42.430 --> 00:25:44.430 holding on to different expectations 00:25:44.430 --> 00:25:46.030 and seeing where that got me 00:25:47.270 --> 00:25:48.670 It's a lot to work with. 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.440 -Good morning. -Good morning. 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.580 How are you? 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.840 Uh, I'm a little nervous, 00:25:54.850 --> 00:25:56.950 -to be honest. -Okay. 00:25:56.950 --> 00:25:58.680 Can you be specific? 00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.780 Well, 00:25:59.850 --> 00:26:02.820 I have quite the quilt to work with and... 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.650 Quilts are masterpieces, though, 00:26:05.760 --> 00:26:07.920 they take a lot of time and energy. 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.760 Well, I mean, facial quilts are just slightly different, 00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:12.130 -you know? -Yeah, I hear you. 00:26:13.230 --> 00:26:14.930 My hope for Daniel today 00:26:14.930 --> 00:26:19.470 is that the prosthesis looks natural on him, 00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:21.440 the volume is right, 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.440 that he's kind of accepting of this 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.940 external piece being part of him. 00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:29.540 This adhesive is solvent-based, 00:26:30.150 --> 00:26:32.180 painted on thin layer. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.320 As much as yours is real hair, 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:39.120 I probably suggest you don't 00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:41.020 try to wear it in water. 00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:44.030 Take it off at night, let that skin breathe in air out. 00:26:44.030 --> 00:26:45.430 Okay, any questions? 00:26:45.430 --> 00:26:47.130 No, that covers it. 00:26:48.070 --> 00:26:49.430 Waiting for the reveal. 00:26:50.530 --> 00:26:51.630 You and me both. 00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:58.240 All right, bring your... tilt your head down, 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.270 there we go. 00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:01.280 Make sure we get this. 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.280 Line it up down here. 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.920 Well... 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.450 I don't know. 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.530 All right, tilt your head down, there we go. 00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:26.470 I have Daniel's eyebrow placed, 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:30.540 and I'm not sure I love what I'm seeing. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.810 I... 00:27:33.810 --> 00:27:37.180 am just kind of looking at the positioning here 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:41.050 and thinking, I got your brow little too full. 00:27:42.250 --> 00:27:43.450 So, I think I'll try to 00:27:43.520 --> 00:27:46.320 hone in on my haircutting skills. 00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:48.520 I have a love-hate relationship with hair. 00:27:48.530 --> 00:27:49.960 Mine and everybody else's. 00:27:51.760 --> 00:27:54.030 The first look of this prosthetic, 00:27:54.030 --> 00:27:56.360 I'm like, "Wow, do I really have 00:27:56.470 --> 00:27:58.400 eyebrows that bushy?" 00:27:58.400 --> 00:28:01.740 Now, is that gonna come to a finer point at the end? 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.370 - Do you want it to? - Yeah. 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.980 I think Daniel and I are probably 00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:10.250 on the same end of the nervous spectrum today. 00:28:10.250 --> 00:28:11.780 Not there yet, but I'm getting there. 00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.820 I think it can make a big difference for him 00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:17.320 and the symmetry of his face, 00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.520 if I can get this done. 00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:21.420 I'm gonna call it. 00:28:21.430 --> 00:28:22.760 Are you ready to look? 00:28:22.760 --> 00:28:24.430 - I'm ready. - Okay. 00:28:26.030 --> 00:28:27.160 This is it. 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.830 What do you think? 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:40.040 I have a symmetry in my face for the first time in... 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.080 four years. 00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:43.850 Yeah. 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.850 Wow. 00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:54.120 I haven't seen myself symmetrically 00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:56.420 with two eyebrows in so long. 00:29:01.030 --> 00:29:03.360 So, it feels really good 00:29:03.470 --> 00:29:05.130 to see them once again. 00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:09.370 Daniel's future 00:29:09.470 --> 00:29:13.940 includes some further surgeries on that graft. 00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:15.780 Hopefully, some of that contracture 00:29:15.780 --> 00:29:17.580 will kind of soften over time. 00:29:18.850 --> 00:29:19.950 And the hope is that 00:29:19.950 --> 00:29:21.820 Daniel's prosthesis will look better and better. 00:29:22.750 --> 00:29:24.050 I'm pretty happy with it. 00:29:24.150 --> 00:29:25.750 -Me too, me too. -Yeah. 00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:30.020 As opposed to my surgeries 00:29:30.030 --> 00:29:31.230 where I'm losing something, 00:29:31.230 --> 00:29:33.130 Allison has given me something back. 00:29:34.560 --> 00:29:36.260 And she did it masterfully. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.840 - Thank you. - -You're welcome, my pleasure. 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:47.480 Daniel has been able to 00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:50.680 take this horrible, unfortunate circumstance 00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:54.850 and turn it into 00:29:54.950 --> 00:29:57.420 a life-changing event for him, 00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:00.120 to the point where he looks in the mirror 00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:02.960 and he realizes that he's had a second chance. 00:30:04.760 --> 00:30:06.230 Now that Allison's given some 00:30:06.230 --> 00:30:08.260 more symmetry to my face, 00:30:09.130 --> 00:30:11.570 I will get back to Colorado 00:30:11.670 --> 00:30:14.540 and see Clay and show him my new eyebrow. 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:18.240 Alison was great, I was really nervous about it. 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:20.440 Oh, you got an eyebrow, dude. 00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:22.080 -Yeah. -That's awesome. 00:30:24.450 --> 00:30:26.850 Yeah, there's... there's balance in the force again. 00:30:27.750 --> 00:30:29.920 I love it. 00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:33.920 The positive side is forward action. 00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.920 Onward and upward. 00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:38.060 Feels good. 00:30:44.870 --> 00:30:46.330 I've got a * loose, y'all. 00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.140 It's official. 00:30:50.410 --> 00:30:52.040 It's an exciting day. 00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:54.310 I get to give Karen her 00:30:54.310 --> 00:30:58.250 third version of her new ear prosthesis, 00:30:59.550 --> 00:31:02.820 because her dog has, um, destroyed it. 00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.650 Hurry up and wait. 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:10.730 -Karen. Hi! -Hi there. 00:31:10.730 --> 00:31:14.260 -I've been so ready for this day -Aw. 00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:16.330 Did you bring earrings for us to try? 00:31:17.070 --> 00:31:18.670 -I did. -Okay. 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.930 Oh, perfect. 00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:25.170 I've seen a variety of emotions on delivery day. 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:28.140 From tears to smiles, 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.480 to tears and smiles. 00:31:30.550 --> 00:31:32.450 Just about everything. 00:31:32.450 --> 00:31:34.350 - Look at it. - -No, you're not allowed to look. 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.750 This is Karen's third prosthesis, 00:31:37.850 --> 00:31:41.220 but it's still just as important as the first one. 00:31:42.830 --> 00:31:44.330 No. 00:31:44.330 --> 00:31:47.030 -I want to see it. -I mean, it's me. 00:31:47.030 --> 00:31:48.830 Your neck is turning too far. 00:31:49.930 --> 00:31:51.330 One of the last things I do 00:31:51.330 --> 00:31:52.770 is trim the prosthesis, 00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:54.240 make sure all those edges 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:56.940 are exactly the way I want them 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:59.040 before Karen lays eyes on it. 00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:01.340 My two millionth question is gonna be, 00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:03.340 can I see it now? 00:32:03.950 --> 00:32:05.550 The answer is yes. 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:13.120 Look at that. 00:32:17.130 --> 00:32:18.930 When Allison brought out my ear, 00:32:20.930 --> 00:32:23.360 I was absolutely overwhelmed. 00:32:23.430 --> 00:32:25.530 Look at those little blood vessels. 00:32:26.870 --> 00:32:28.340 If I didn't know any better, 00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:31.140 I'd think that's what I always had. 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:33.570 It is a beautiful ear. 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.780 Yeah. 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.350 It's pretty close to the 1955 model. 00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:42.120 She is a true magician. 00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:48.320 I'm so excited to have it. 00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:50.530 So, remember, it doesn't float, 00:32:50.530 --> 00:32:52.960 take it off at night, let that skin breathe in air out. 00:32:53.630 --> 00:32:54.930 Follow my instructions 00:32:54.930 --> 00:32:57.030 and don't let your dog eat it. 00:32:58.370 --> 00:33:00.230 I promise 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.670 on the head of my favorite dog's 00:33:03.670 --> 00:33:06.370 that I will not let them chew up my new ear. 00:33:07.280 --> 00:33:09.480 But never say never. 00:33:19.020 --> 00:33:22.560 It's a really big day for Victoria and myself. 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:26.130 It's been almost a month since we've seen each other 00:33:26.130 --> 00:33:28.130 and her new hands are almost ready. 00:33:29.470 --> 00:33:32.230 But there's quite a bit to accomplish today. 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.600 What are we doing? 00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:36.940 The prostheses are still on the molds 00:33:37.770 --> 00:33:40.070 and so part of the challenge today is 00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.880 getting those off of there. 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:43.850 I hold this side, you pull on that side. 00:33:43.850 --> 00:33:46.010 Kind of maybe a little twisting motion. 00:33:46.020 --> 00:33:47.820 - Sure. - Okay. 00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:51.020 Hold her by the hand and I'll twist. 00:33:51.020 --> 00:33:52.720 Let's rotate, let's get it all the way around. 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.020 Try just brute force. 00:33:55.260 --> 00:33:56.290 Okay! 00:33:57.330 --> 00:34:01.030 Worst-case scenario is the prosthesis is torn. 00:34:01.030 --> 00:34:03.030 I'm worried about poking holes. 00:34:03.030 --> 00:34:04.230 No, no. 00:34:04.230 --> 00:34:05.730 Laura, we need you. 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:09.040 -You're the muscles. -Yes. 00:34:09.040 --> 00:34:12.840 Laura's job description includes opening jars, 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.940 removing hands from casts. 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.240 Okay, pull, pull, pull... 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.450 Pull. Leave. 00:34:21.750 --> 00:34:23.220 Laura's got the guns. 00:34:23.750 --> 00:34:25.050 Oh, here it is. 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:29.320 -Aha! Good job, girls. -I told you we needed her. 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:35.430 This way, Alexander. 00:34:35.430 --> 00:34:39.430 I have no idea what Allison has prepared for me today. 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.640 Hello. 00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:42.270 Hi, Victoria. 00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:46.040 I am just excited, I'm anxious. 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.980 You good? 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.340 Yeah. 00:34:51.210 --> 00:34:53.380 Holding my son's hand, 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:55.350 it's something that I've been waiting for, 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.420 for a long time. 00:34:57.650 --> 00:34:59.120 I got butterflies for you. 00:35:01.830 --> 00:35:03.420 I am just... 00:35:03.430 --> 00:35:06.030 a bag full of emotions right now. 00:35:06.030 --> 00:35:08.330 Victoria, we're ready for you. 00:35:09.170 --> 00:35:10.630 A little bit. 00:35:10.630 --> 00:35:12.530 I've been holding it all day long 00:35:12.540 --> 00:35:14.940 and I need to be strong for them. 00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:19.140 I am so excited that 00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:22.440 I have my best friend in this journey 00:35:22.450 --> 00:35:23.480 and, um... 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:29.550 It was really hard 00:35:29.620 --> 00:35:31.820 for her to even accept this process. 00:35:37.430 --> 00:35:39.830 Now, I hope, I hope, I hope, 00:35:39.830 --> 00:35:42.830 she can be normal like everybody else. 00:35:44.930 --> 00:35:46.670 There's always a lot of build-up 00:35:46.770 --> 00:35:47.870 leading to this moment, 00:35:48.670 --> 00:35:49.670 for me too. 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.840 A full hand restoration 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.680 is the largest kind of prosthesis 00:35:54.680 --> 00:35:56.740 that is made in this clinic 00:35:56.750 --> 00:35:59.880 So, it's a little bit of a judgment day there. 00:36:03.020 --> 00:36:04.050 We're going in. 00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:08.920 Hello! 00:36:08.930 --> 00:36:10.220 Oh, my God! 00:36:15.060 --> 00:36:16.330 So, here you go. 00:36:18.030 --> 00:36:19.430 Wow! 00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:23.370 Wow! 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.770 How is that possible? 00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:28.540 Seeing my hands for the first time 00:36:28.540 --> 00:36:30.880 is very surreal. 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:34.820 -This is crazy. -Is it anything like what you imagined? 00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.920 -No. -No. 00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:39.050 It's better. 00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:40.820 Well, good. 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:42.660 It's like you got someone else's hand 00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:44.930 and just put it over here. 00:36:44.930 --> 00:36:46.830 How is that possible? 00:36:48.730 --> 00:36:50.600 Putting on these hands is as simple 00:36:50.600 --> 00:36:52.330 as applying some lubricant 00:36:53.270 --> 00:36:55.040 and inserting her arms straight in. 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.940 Let's just try it. 00:36:57.970 --> 00:36:59.440 Can you feel it? 00:37:03.450 --> 00:37:04.980 Oh, my gosh. 00:37:05.050 --> 00:37:06.150 It's crazy. 00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:13.220 Oh, my gosh. 00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:15.020 Does it feel like it's all the way in? 00:37:15.020 --> 00:37:16.920 Yeah, it is all the way in. 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:21.260 Once Victoria roll those silicone sleeves down 00:37:21.330 --> 00:37:23.330 the suction will keep it right in place. 00:37:25.130 --> 00:37:27.670 Gosh, even that side blends right in with you. 00:37:44.350 --> 00:37:47.420 They are as real as any hand can be. 00:37:49.060 --> 00:37:50.220 Ready? 00:37:50.230 --> 00:37:52.530 Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.630 Oh, my God! 00:37:58.430 --> 00:37:59.430 Okay. 00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:07.580 Oh, they're perfect. 00:38:09.580 --> 00:38:11.450 I see me. 00:38:11.450 --> 00:38:15.050 I see me that I haven't see in two years. 00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:17.020 Like, "Hi. 00:38:18.250 --> 00:38:19.750 How are you? Where have you been? 00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:22.020 Happy to see you again." 00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:24.630 It's victorious. 00:38:24.630 --> 00:38:26.430 It's victory. 00:38:26.430 --> 00:38:28.700 -See that. -That looks so realistic. 00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.770 See. 00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:32.970 With these prosthetic hands, 00:38:33.070 --> 00:38:36.670 Victoria should be able to grasp a cup, 00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.940 hold on to a fork, 00:38:38.950 --> 00:38:42.380 support a phone, you know, for her 00:38:42.450 --> 00:38:44.550 the list is probably endless 00:38:44.650 --> 00:38:46.250 what she's gonna do with these. 00:38:46.950 --> 00:38:48.950 You ready to go see Zander 00:38:49.060 --> 00:38:50.090 and Marcie? 00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:51.920 Deep breath, deep breath. 00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.030 You got this, you got this. 00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:58.470 I got your back. 00:39:08.750 --> 00:39:10.780 Oh, my goodness. 00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:12.550 What do you think? 00:39:13.450 --> 00:39:14.750 Do you see that Zander? 00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:17.620 Isn't that amazing? 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:19.260 They look so real. 00:39:21.930 --> 00:39:23.430 They look like someone's hands. 00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:29.030 We can do big huggies now. 00:39:29.030 --> 00:39:31.570 We can do big hugging now. 00:39:31.570 --> 00:39:33.140 We can do big hugging. 00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:06.070 I know. 00:40:06.170 --> 00:40:08.040 Sorry. I'm so excited for you. 00:40:08.470 --> 00:40:09.940 Oh, my goodness! 00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.340 - Oh, my... - Yeah. 00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:16.280 It feels like almost unreal, 00:40:16.350 --> 00:40:19.580 like what she went through 00:40:19.580 --> 00:40:21.450 did not happen. 00:40:21.450 --> 00:40:23.920 -See how they did the fold. -Ridiculously good. 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:28.020 She's morphing into this beautiful butterfly 00:40:29.130 --> 00:40:30.530 and there's no limitation. 00:40:35.630 --> 00:40:37.270 I feel that, too. When you touch my hand, 00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:38.470 I feel your hand. 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.170 For Zander, 00:40:41.170 --> 00:40:43.510 he's actually enjoying just holding my hand now, 00:40:43.510 --> 00:40:45.270 which I love 00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:47.480 because I don't have to force it. 00:40:48.110 --> 00:40:50.250 Now, I can do the monster. 00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:52.150 Yes, I can do the monster. 00:40:53.020 --> 00:40:55.050 Are you gonna sleep with my hand? 00:40:55.150 --> 00:40:56.620 You seem not to want to let go. 00:40:58.020 --> 00:41:00.920 Thank you for getting my mom these. 00:41:00.930 --> 00:41:02.020 You're welcome. 00:41:05.630 --> 00:41:07.930 Look at this. 00:41:09.130 --> 00:41:10.470 Seeing Zander 00:41:10.530 --> 00:41:12.870 see his mom for the first time with hands 00:41:13.470 --> 00:41:15.140 is so uplifting. 00:41:15.140 --> 00:41:16.570 This opens up 00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:18.670 so many opportunities for hi 00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:20.380 -Awesome. -Awesome? 00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:25.820 Being part of sending this woman 00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:27.620 back out into the world 00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:30.520 with hands has just been an amazing journey. 00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:32.360 You keep doing you. 00:41:33.830 --> 00:41:34.960 Thank you, Allison. 00:41:35.830 --> 00:41:39.530 You're bringing life to... a lot of people like me. 00:41:41.670 --> 00:41:44.640 Before Allison gave me my hand, 00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:48.140 I was just in acceptance of the new normal. 00:41:55.050 --> 00:41:56.510 But now, > 00:41:56.520 --> 00:41:58.520 I'm ready to be in front of anybody 00:41:58.520 --> 00:42:01.120 and present myself as I am. 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:04.260 This is me.