VCA Transplants Restore Hope for Quadruple Amputee
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- This video tells the story of Brendan Marrocco, a soldier who lost his limbs in Iraq, and the vascularized composite allografts (VCAs) that restored his freedom. Register to become an organ donor to help soldiers like Brendan. Learn more at organdonor.gov.
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Man I just watched his first video with his hook and his bionic hand seeing him with actual arms again truly brings a tear to my eye. They saved his mind I'm sure
What's crazy the 1st video of him from 13yrs ago showed up on my feed. I watched it and typed in his name to see how he was doing all these years later. I'm glad to see this video and see he is doing well.
Same here. Just incredible.
Holy fuck. I just watched his video from 2009, I wanted to see how well we was doing a decade later. Now hes got arms that's crazy
I watched it too and came here, wow!
Man, technology is beyond miraculous. That young man LITERALLY LOST his limbs, and years later, science became capable of giving him new limbs, not prosthetics, LIMBS.
Man i'm telling ya, im not a pussy that cries for anything, but seeing this good lad gaining what as impossible since humanity started brings tears to my eyes.
God bless this man, you, and everyone who's reading this, you guys r beyond awesome.
@@alvarovinicius7 I BLEW UP AGAIN IN TREARS..... I have DEAR FRIENDS (younger?BROTHERS) That have served and held IN THEIR arms someone he or she died away from home. JEEZZE The thought alone...
where is it please guide me
It's amazing how you can take off somebody's arm and transplanted it to a man that lost his limbs and they function. I wonder is it possible to do the same with legs, so this man could live pretty much the same he used to live in the past, before Iraq.
Mariusz Wróbel i wonder the same thing too!!
Not so fast, he may yet have serious problems: www.wired.com/story/devastating-allure-of-medical-miracles/
@@lhaviland8602 can you not be so doubtful
Yes you can also transplant legs, but the drugs that you have to take afterwards have serious sideefeckts your much more sensible for infactions for example
As a fellow Wolfhound and Vietnam Veteran of 2nd/27th, March 67-68, I salute you my brother. You have truly been blessed and I am so proud to have served in the same unit as you. You truly live up to our motto, Nec Aspera Terrent; NO FEAR ON EARTH. God be with you always.
Lovely comment
I am a medic in the United States Air Force Brendan was five patient in Ramstein in 2009 every time I hear a story or read something about him at warms my heart anytime I'm having a shity day I was thinking about him and there's nothing I can handle in my life compared to what he's had to go through are retiring June with over 30 years of service and I hope to God that are pass cross again I'd love to see him
That’s incredible and from a woman which is kinda hard to wrap my head around. I’d love to see something with the donors parents...think about them still being able to shake and touch their daughters hands/arms...it’s almost too much to comprehend. Absolutely Amazing
"... being able to shake and touch their daughters hands/arms"
That might not work too well for me if I were the donor's father.
This is incredible. How does this only have 49k views. Life changing and incredible. I am an organ donor. This guy went out to combat and risked his life. I wish him all the best in life.
He's a handsome youngster. I'm proud of his courage and medical knowledge.
Brendan Marrocco thank you for your service.
This is amazing! Woman's arms... I've never thought about it, like that female to male or vice versa parts of body could be transplanted... I'm so glad he can use them and be more independent. (English isn't my first language, excuse any mistakes)
I saw his history a long time ago.. I am glad to see him with new arms, he is cute
What a journey. What a mission Brendan and the surgical team are on. Absolutely incredible.
An intelligent, articulate young man.
God bless you Brendon and thank you for your service I'm so glad you were given a transplant and another chance of a better quality of life.i had a lung transplant in 2011 thanks to my beautiful donor and im so thankful I wish you continued healing and blessings 🙏❤️
Wow amazing surgery!!!!!!! And also Brendon's attitude s is so important!!!!!! Proud to have this man to pretect us in time of his military life. My honour to him!!!!!
This man is unbelievable. So inspiring.
Came from the video from 11 years ago and holy shit! He’s got arms now!
It’s so hard for my brain to wrap around. Our bodies really are just a shell and this puts it into perspective.
I love you, Man. Thank you for your service.
Thank you Doctor and thank you Soldier. Both true heroes
Didn't even know limb transplants were a thing. Closest thing to this that I've heard about was a girl who lost her hand but kept it alive by attaching it to her foot. Crazy thing is it ACTUALLY worked and she could even move her wrist after some time.
Insane that there is a part of his body where the cells take a hard change from XY to XX and yet the whole thing stays together and functions. Unbelievable medical advance. Yes, I can't wait for the time when we can regrow with our own cells so we can look back at this achievement in a negative way instead of a positive.
All other genes within the other chromosomes are probably already pretty distinct. Singling out the extra X chromosome is just the tip of the iceberg.
Looks good! Glad it was a success! Thank you for your service!
the more i watch this kind of video the more appreciate what life is
Damn this is amazing , just seen him in a video using prosthetics in all 4 limbs .. holy shit the future is now
he did say he would do everything he used to do before his injuries and he can literally do them again now, just insane
This is so beautiful
Brendan ! God bless you young man. Thank you for your continued service !! Your a personal hero of mine and an example of perseverance and the power of a positive personality.
Wow! Great job doctors! We need to put more money into the sciences!
Amazing
Very happy for you!!
Mind-boggling
In the first video I seen about this guy he said he went through about 60 units of blood yet here he says there was no blood.
It was the surgeries the doctors performed, cutting away burned and dead tissue, that caused him to bleed so much. He also had to have an artery cut out and put into another spot, which would have caused a lot of blood loss. So, in short, it wasn't the attack that caused the loss it was the treatment that did.
I love your profile picture of the kitty omg so cute!!! 😍😍🐈💕
And now for irony; Mr Marrocco apparently has a 'friendly competition' with a quad amputee, who also received transplanted arms due to wartime injuries, he's Mr Peck, a US Marine
Amazing. Mostly full functionality too
1:55 Love the discipline amazing
I somewhat recently lost my ability to perform sexually as a result of some physical problems at age 57....after watching stuff like this my ability to make love to a woman means nothing at this point....I know Brendan would change places with me in a second....i am thankful for my health/life now...
Bravest of the brave ❤️
No more wars for Israel!
AnTiDotE X “the )ew cries out in pain as he strikes you” F off moshe. So you admit you’re NOT our greatest ally 😂
Well said Sonic Holiday, you're 100% right on, don't worry about these ignorant Stasi
Something tells me you've never spent any time doing anything constructive in your life good luck and God bless you oh that's right you don't believe in God
What about his legs? This is amazing! So happy for him. 🥰
Unfortunately its not yet possible to transplant a leg
But there are robotic ones right ?
@@frenkbitboy8439 Very, very expensive ones. The problem with legs is that they have to bear the weight of the whole body. That's why it is so difficult to replace them.
In his older video he was walking on prosthetics. Maybe he’s taking a break while he adjusts to the arms.
Amazing.....I wonder if anyone can become a donor. I’m almost 60, but if someone couple benefit from any of my organs, then why not.
I thought he said he needed 70 units of blood? But he said it was completely coturized
You don’t have to bleed externally to die of blood loss. Have you not heard of internal bleeding? Or perhaps the blood loss happened in surgery when they were trying to deal with his injuries.
I want to smoke weed with this guy me also i have a bad accident in my life and i recover but i need friends like brendan all i want to do is serve this man and be his friend for the rest of life
The first video he said he was bleeding real bad ... this video he says he didnt bleed .....
Maybe he didn’t bleed externally, have you ever heard of internal bleeding? Maybe the bleeding happened later while he was having the surgeries. People do bleed during surgery.
Just hear about this guy and the story fascinates me. I'm so happy he has arms. But at the same time if I was situation I'd be thankful and pissed at the same time cuz now I have woman arms and woman muscles 😭
sexist much? Why should someone who degrade's a woman's body even be given a transplant.
Would you rather have no arms then? Your comment is very disturbing.
I can’t believe that he has someone else’s arms
How about the bone arm from owner to.transplant🤔
I wonder how much the donor sold the arms for
Get real. Families who donate their loved ones parts DO NOT GET PAID. It is the ultimate act of love to help someone in need.
What about the immunodepressant drugs?
probably dont need them if everything matches up
Is that Cheng Zhi from 24?! 🙈
Wow is all I can say
This means though, that if you wanted bigger hands for example, and you really wanted them bad enough, and you had the money, you could buy some. Also This is the evolution of face tattoos.
I just came from 2009 video
wow
What was he doing in Iraq? He lost his limbs for what?
He was probably a minesweeper
So fools like you have the right to say whatever you want to say God bless you and good luck
Ray Corsicana Most wars and countries that America involves themselves in have no impact on America’s free rights. It’s sad the guy lost his limbs though.
cool
Why did they give him a girl's arms? I mean, doesn't gender matter in matching donors?
Because you can’t just put someone’s limbs just like that they have to match it’s like blood types and kidneys you gotta find the right one
1:09 They basically explain it all. I doubt gender is a big deal.
You can't get picky here when gender is not an issue. Dont be sexist. Limb donors are hard to come by
If only the innocent civilians maimed & mutilated by the american military could get access to this type of treatment.
The doctors should of waited for a Male donor. I'm glad he got arms though. Heartbreaking situation, to think about not only him but the girl that died.
*she was already dead, but wanted her body parts to be donated instead of throwing them in the ground. Somebody died, but not for the purpose of giving him arms. Still very generous though*
I don’t disagree with you. I considered the same thing. It would have probably “blended” a little better. On a side note, I wonder if it’s possible to get leg transplants? It would be really nice for him to get that
@@julieackerson3111 no , arms are arms , the body muscles will grow according to his hormone levels , but obv they wont look like a dudes arms but At least he has ARMS !
jake thanks for commenting on my post! I agree that his life has dramatically improved for the better! I follow robotics a lot and I know MIT and John Hopkins Research... 🤔 ...are working on robotics that will enhance the range and complexity of movement for arm transplants. We are also rooting for a pair of legs for him...that appears to be more complex but hopefully it will come soon!
Waiting for a male donor on something that needs to be a perfect match. If its not a perfect match, body rejects the arms and he is back to having no arms, along with the possibility of not being able to redo the surgery. He is lucky to have gotten a donor. I am certain he has no issue with having female arms, as its a whole lot better than having no arms.
Holy shit arm transplants are a thing
I want my morning wood back what vitamn helps
some of you are too focused on his arm. If you were in his place, would you let your silly internalized misoginy come in the way of accepting a great match tfor a limb? Can't believe no one's thankful for the dono's family. Limb transplants are not so common!
Kind of pissed that the right fingers won't straighten.
Uh no , he will be able to use his fingers , as the doctor said , nerve regeneration in the donor arm is slow , it takes time but it will happen so in a couple of years hell have full hand and finger function !
@@jake_runs_the_world his surgery was in 2012
@@JoseHernandez-ql8vw It will never be the same as before, but at least he have 2 hands and maybe he will receive leg prosthetics in the future e
if his arms come from a women, will he be weaker or will the testosterone produced in his body eventually buff up his arms?
Women don't have weaker arms. I am a woman and I can lift anything a man can lift. Weakness is all in the mind. If you think you are weak you will be.
Wow but a girls arms really they couldn't get a man's arms this is wild 😜 but amazing.
You can't slice off a man's arm because you feel a woman's arm is "too weak" or feminine. Limb donors are hard to come by. It's hard to find a match let alone your choice of arm. Suck it up and accept what you're given.
Would you like to donate your arms then? What a sexist comment.
why need a woman's touch when you are the woman's touch
God is so good, so proud of you.
wow... how rude to give credit to god.. asshole.
God didn’t do shit😂
@@jokurinopoloski I looked up the word ignorant in the dictionary and their your name was
@@yerokaasregor I looked up the word fool in the dictionary and wow there your name was
@@raycorsicana4705 said by a person who blindly believes in a book written by stupid medieval humans to control the weak and is full of shit.Lol.Study some science and think critically and contribute to society ,instead of praying to dolls.
They used a girl's arm? Why not just use both arms from the same person lol?
He said the arm(s) came from a girl . . . meaning both arms came from the same girl. Listen closely.
Amazing
Wow