A Texas woman who lost her limbs to a deadly infection will undergo a double-arm transplant in Boston. The operation has never been attempted in the US. WHDH's Byron Barnett reports.
Katy Hayes, the Texas mom who lost all four limbs to an infection soon after she had her third child, has been okayed for a double arm transplant by doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She’ll be the first person in the U.S. to get two full arms transplanted at once and is now at the top of the New England Organ Bank’s waiting list for them.
Hayes, who has been without arms and legs for more than two years, looks forward to a time when she might be able to regain some independence.
“It’s amazing -- when you have arms and legs, you never think about what a gift they are,” Hayes said in a news conference at the hospital Wednesday. “Not having them has been scary and horrible. I can’t do anything for myself. I can’t feed myself. I have to be babysat – that’s ridiculous for a 44-year-old. I’m looking forward to having my independence back.”
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