Friday, September 26, 2008

Real "Bionic" Woman

A woman named Mitchell loses her arm in a motorcycle accident. Desperate to regain the use of her right arm, she tried using a prosthetic arm, but the amputation of her arm made it nearly impossible. She was losing hope of ever having a normal life when she discovered an experimental nerve surgery. The surgery was a success, Mitchell could have a normal life again. A few months after the surgery, she felt weird. She touched her chest, and her missing arm felt it. Doctors hope to make it to where if she grabbed a hot cup of coffee in her hand, she will feel a hot cup of coffee in her hand.
I think it is a waste of time to come up with a "bionic arm". People can do just as much with one arm as they can with two. There are more relevant issues such as people with cancer, the war in Iraq, poverty in Sudan, and many more. We should focus on the more important problems and then worry about our smaller issues.

1 comment:

Jody Piper said...

I agree that people can learn to adapt to using one arm, but having two makes many things possible that are very difficult to achieve with only one arm. Please finish your thoughts paragraph and I will check back...