how i lost my hands ❌👐🏻🦾 #bionic #bionicarm #limbdifference #ldam

How did I lose my hands? A lot of people are new here, so let me tell you. First things first, I wasn't born like this. When I was born, I had all 4 limbs. When I was 15 months old, I contracted a disease which you may or may not know, but it's called meningitis. In its full form, it was called meningococcal septicemia strain B, and that's the strain I had because there's loads of different ones. Meningitis is the inflammation of the membranes around the base of the spine and the brain, and that can often bring on septicemia, which is a form of blood poisoning, and that's what kills off your limbs pretty much. I was actually given 0% chance of survival, but obviously obviously I'm here today. And in short, it was after 1 week in intensive care, 3 weeks in recovery, a secondary infection, and 10 blood transfusions that somehow I managed to pull through. I survived and I'm here today. The meningitis had well and truly killed off my hands though, so I had to get them amputated. But that hasn't stopped me from living a full life, and I get to wear and be a part of the development of these, which is like— I'm so, so passionate about.