A B.C. man who had all of his limbs amputated after contracting bacterial meningitis and septic shock is set to become Canada's first double-hand transplant patient.
Rick Thompson, who had all of his limbs amputated after contracting bacterial meningitis and septic shock in 2015, poses for a photograph in Coquitlam, B.C., on Monday, March 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckVANCOUVER -- When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise."I was even shocked when told me.
"But when I stood up my feet were like on fire. I could barely walk. I made it downstairs to where my wife Rita was watching TV. And that's pretty well the last thing I remember. I just collapsed on the floor." The surgery can take 10 to 12 hours with four teams of surgeons. Each team consists of six to 10 people.
A person who undergoes a transplant has to take immunosuppressants, so the body doesn't reject the new organ or limb, and it's easier when surgery is done all at once, he said.
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