A patient regains hand function after surgery and tests it by opening bottles and jars that previously caused pain. She opens water, Clearly Canadian, a jar, and a door without discomfort, with her husband watching in amazement. The moment brings her to tears with joy at recovering independence in everyday tasks.
I'm looking at my hands and all of a sudden I realized I was opening and closing my hands. And I was like, wait a minute, that didn't hurt me. So I looked at my husband, I was like, look, I'm opening and closing my hands. And he says, no way. He jumps up, he runs to the kitchen, grabs a bottle of water, and he said, open this. And I opened it. So he ran to the garage, gets a bottle of Clearly Canadian, and said, here, open this. But we were so excited that I could open it and it didn't hurt that my hands got sweaty and I couldn't open the bottle. So we dried off my hands and waited a minute, and I can open the bottle. And we're like, oh my God, it was just amazing. I wanted to drop to the ground and just scream. I was so excited that I could open a bottle and I can open a, a jar and the door and it doesn't hurt me.
