I was given new hands for Christmas
I think it&#x27;s incredible that her health insurance didn&#x27;t cover electronic prosthetics.<p>The hook prosthetic is just a simple open&#x2F;close grabber tool. Imagine trying to navigate through life with two grabbers. The modern myoelectric prosthetics offer way more functionality and freedom. You can use a computer, dress yourself, drive a car, and feed yourself (of course the author can&#x27;t do all these yet, it does take time to learn). You can&#x27;t do this at all with hooks.<p>I fractured&#x2F;dislocated multiple wrist bones two years ago and it wasn&#x27;t life threatening but I would have had diminished functionality without surgery -- insurance covered it no problem. My hand is great.<p>How the hell does it make sense to fix a wrist in order to allow someone to do the activities of daily living but it doesn&#x27;t make sense to give them a common commercial prosthetic in order to do the same thing?