Nerve Surgery Leaves Woman With Feeling in an Arm That Isn't There

This is a pretty neat story on how she can "think" and have the arm and hand move, and furthermore the rerouting of her nerve endings is even a bit more amazing.  As the article states, her brain doesn't know where the hand is living, and all the feelings are felt in her chest.  Nice story too on how technology has brought some simple pleasures back to life.  BD

As a result of an experimental surgery, Mitchell has become the first real "Bionic Woman": part human, part  computer. Mitchell's bionic life began in 2004 with a ride on a friend's motorcycle. The bike suddenly spun out of control, and Mitchell's left arm was severed by a highway divider. After her doctor's attempts to reattach the arm proved unsuccessful, she was outfitted with a standard prosthetic arm.

It turns out that during Mitchell's surgery her doctors had moved not only Mitchell's motor nerves, the nerves that control movement, but her severed sensation nerves as well.

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ABC News: Nerve Surgery Leaves Woman With Feeling in an Arm That Isn't There