Trasplante De Manos

Interesting news item today, "Spanish woman has double hand transplant" Isn't medical science fantastic. It's possible to transplant almost anything nowadays. Aren't hospitals and doctors and veterinary surgeons brilliant. I wonder what it would be like to transplant Toffee's paws?

Factoid: A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant. A team of more than 10 medical professionals, including surgeons and anaesthetists at Hospital La Fe in Valencia carried out the pioneering operation. After 10 hours in the operating theatre, doctors say Alba, 47, from Castellón is recuperating well. The surgeons performed the transplants on both arms simultaneously after adjusting Alba's forearms to match the size of the donor's. Bones were fixed with metal plates and screws, and microscopic surgery was used to attached the arteries, veins and nerves. Alba had both her original hands amputated after an explosion in a laboratory where she was studying chemistry nearly 30 years ago. Alba said after waking up from the anaesthetic and seeing her new hands for the first time, she thought: "They look beautiful!"