I was very intrigued by this book because I wanted to read something that was just empowering in not just power, change, belief, but also the process that got them there which often includes some sort of pain. The fact that a woman had to deal with a severe infection that meant the loss of limb and enduring 4 months with 14 surgeries to try to get this dealt with-- and coming from it, what some would call a miracle.
This doctor starts explaining the story and even in the midst of it all, uses funny dry humour. This includes pointing out that as humans, especially those that love animals, tend to go to try to shoo away animals as if they talk to us and can talk back, like in English. Which is kind of funny because I never thought of it that way. Although some animals understand English commands but do not fully understand the English language. And yes, there is a difference. I do believe animals, of course, communicate with us, but it's of course in a different way.
While the doctor admits they don't like the site of blood or deal with it well Melissa, who had the racoon bite just walked up to her husband and said, "I just lost an argument with a racoon". 😂 I like this Melissa... a lot. Sounds like something I may say.
This book is very well written and is very hard to put down.
Given the topic of having a patient lose their arm, the author & doctor does a great job at keeping it light as he can while being honest about painting a scene that happens rarely in the operating room. He even debunks what it looks like in the operating room for where he looks, which is not what is painted in the ER shows.
When Melissa had to be given the news by Ajay, the doctor, Ajay was more shaken up than Melissa was about the prospect of having her wound rebandaged and seeing her entire arm cut open because they couldn't close it-- to make sure the infection would not get worse or travel anywhere else in the body.
The crazy thing is that her friend brought her a stuffed animal... a racoon. 😂 She was able to talk it very well. Melissa, you are a woman after my own heart. I remember making jokes after surgery myself for my cleft palate. I even asked as a seven-year-old if they had videotaped the surgery for me and when they said no, I was offended. No joke.
I so wish I could get the author or the publishing company to send this book to my brother who is a doctor on a missionary in Indonesia.
I REALLY love this book! I am glad the doctor followed his intuition and helped this woman. And this woman also taught him a lot.
I give this book a 6 out of 5 stars!
Book Description
A raccoon bite on the arm doesn’t seem that serious, but it soon becomes a life-or-death medical crisis for Melissa Loomis. After days of treatment for recurring infection, it becomes obvious that her arm must be amputated. Dr. Ajay Seth, the son of immigrant parents from India and a local orthopaedic surgeon in private practice, performs his first-ever amputation procedure. In the months that follow, divine intervention, combined with Melissa’s determination and Dr. Seth’s disciplined commitment and dedication to his patients, brings about the opportunity for a medical breakthrough that will potentially transform the lives of amputees around the world.
Rewired is the inspirational, miraculous story of Dr. Seth’s revolutionary surgery that allows Melissa to not just move a prosthetic arm simply by thinking, but to actually feel with the prosthetic hand, just as she would with her natural arm. This resulted in what others have recognized as the world’s most advanced amputee, all done from Dr. Seth’s private practice in a community hospital, using a local staff, and with no special training or extensive research funding.
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