They connected the blood vessels as they pushed his amputated hand into the incision on his calf. This pumped fresh blood into the hand, keeping it alive. You see, he had gotten into an accident at work, and doctors knew they had to act fast. But his arm was too damaged to reattach it right away. And if the hand didn’t get blood soon, the tissue would die. So, they decided to attach it to his leg while his arm healed. Then once it was ready, the hand was still fresh and they were able to reattach

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  1. Thats great thinking and all, but what happened to the leg after? Did he just stayed with a hole in the leg? Also, did he had a hand attached to his leg for a while?

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