World’s First-Ever Double Arm And Shoulder Transplant Recipient Makes Incredible Recovery (SWNS)

Felix Gretarsson, 49, has turned into the primary individual on the planet to get an effective twofold arm and shoulder relocate.

The Icelandic man, who was a circuit tester, lost both of his arms in a dreadful work mishap in 1998.

Gretarsson set out on 12 January fully intent on fixing a line that served 500 homes.

In any case, there was some disarray concerning which portion of the line required fixing, which drove Gretarsson contacting some unacceptable wire.


He was consequently shocked and dove 32ft to the ground.

Reviewing the episode, Gretarsson said: “I didn’t recollect until years later, however I tumbled down and I recall the main thing I felt was torment in the gut and disarray.

“With an injury like this, the body turns down. I had no sensation of consuming arms and crushed spirit. It was simply finished shock.”

Gretarsson’s arms were set ablaze during the occurrence, and his partners hurried to a close by stream for water to put the flares out.

The last thing Gretarsson recalls were the caring expressions of a difficult partner to keep him quiet as they attempted to splash the flares.

While the seriously harmed man effectively came to the emergency clinic, his inconveniences didn’t stop there.


Felix lost his arms in 1998. Credit: SWNS
Following the mishap, Gretarsson went into a three-drawn out trance state, during which he had 54 tasks, including a twofold arm removal, with an end goal to save his life.

With the medical procedures being a triumph, Gretarsson went to a therapy clinic, where his aggravation medicine was gradually decreased.

Nonetheless, he before long became dependent on different substances to adapt, framing addictions that would so severely harm his liver he would ultimately require a transfer.

It is during this time that Gretarsson lost his employment, his then-sweetheart, and couldn’t see his two youthful girls.

While things looked depressing, he found recharged trust subsequent to finding a top notch specialist and beseeching him to play out the pivotal twofold arm relocate.

Gretarsson even moved most of the way all over the planet to be in with a possibility having the medical procedure, and on the 23rd commemoration of his mishap, that is precisely exact thing occurred.

The 15-hour medical procedure occurred in January, and almost a half year after the fact he can move his arms, and he’s in any event, stirring up to having the option to embrace his significant other, kids and grandchildren interestingly.

Felix is now working hard in recovery to hug his family again. Credit: SWNS


Talking about the mind boggling a medical procedure, Gretarsson said: “The primary thing I believed was who the f**k does this deliberately, in light of the fact that the aggravation when I awakened was so unbearable.

He trusts that he’ll before long have the option to move his hands as well. Credit: SWNS
“It was like there was two trucks left on every one of my shoulders.

“Having experienced hospitalization before I sort of knew whenever it first feels like the apocalypse and that you will be a patient until the end of your life.

“In any case, when you recuperate you know it’s simply transitory this s**t will pass so I put my heels down and put my head down.”

Gretarsson added that he is ‘confident’ that he will be ready to move his hands as well as his arms soon.

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