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  • I'm an amputee.

  • They're never gonna grow back.

  • There's no point pretending that I have got hands Haven't anymore.

  • I want people to accept me as I am.

  • 58 year old primary school teacher Carolyn Coster lost both her hands and feet after contracting Covert 19 and sepsis.

  • Okay, Okay.

  • This was her second life changing moment in a year when she received her first bionic arm.

  • So this is really the one here.

  • So as I said, it's just got the basic way covered on the moon.

  • But you do look pretty cool.

  • Dude, it's just wow.

  • So back in March, right at the start of the code, without break here a week before we went down to lock down well, and I My husband and I had a conversation and decided, you know, I have mild Asper.

  • We were really quite concerned, and we weren't going to go out anymore.

  • The following Monday will came down with Cove it and then two days after that I did as well.

  • I've never felt so ill.

  • Andi, I phoned my own GP.

  • The one I've seen for over 20 years.

  • Andi.

  • When she heard that was still knew, she sent another paramedic out on.

  • Based on the results of that, she told me to go straight to hospital.

  • Three weeks after contracting coronavirus, Caroline developed a chest infection that became viral pneumonia, which developed into viral sepsis.

  • She ended up in a coma for a month on I nearly died twice.

  • My family came to say goodbye to me because the doctors were going to remove which moved it care because I wasn't responding and all my organs were failing.

  • They had to give you basis oppressors to direct the blood, the waas to my critical organs.

  • I came out of that on my hands and feet, has died.

  • They had to be amputated.

  • Her new prosthesis is called a hero.

  • Arm On is made by U.

  • K based Open Bionics.

  • There three D printed lightweight, custom built Onda according to Open Bionics, the world's most affordable multi grip bionic arm.

  • The hero arm is now awaiting adoption by the NHS, the U.

  • K s National Health Service, So Mawr amputees could benefit very grateful to have this chance because not everyone does e feel quite bless that.

  • I'm going to go away with this and that's gonna change the things I could do.

  • It's gonna make a lot of things a lot easier.

  • Caroline says she chose a bright yellow color to match her sunny outlook on life.

  • It's great.

  • It's so exciting to be ableto pick things up.

  • The first time I picked up the ball, held it and dropped it, That was just Yeah, it's It's like having a superpower, really, isn't it?

  • Yeah.

I'm an amputee.

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