"How a competitive swimmer is helping perfect a new Amputation procedure" PBS NewsHour 2/11/2020

Inspiration story of the year.

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SUMMARY:  Bionic limbs, long the stuff of science fiction fantasy, are becoming reality.  An extremely rare vascular disease caused New Hampshire’s Morgan Stickney, a pre-med student and elite swimmer, to have both legs amputated.  But she underwent an experimental amputation [Ewing amputation] surgery that reconnects muscles and nerves, enabling them to more effectively control prosthetic limbs.  WGBH’s Cristina Quinn reports.