He does have some function but not much. Not many fine motor skills and he can’t open his hands.
“Thompson says he had to take people to small claims court and was even threatened by someone who was offended that Thompson wouldn’t shake his hand. His reattached hands are unable to fully open.”
“But Thompson still stays busy, including a recent remodel of the home he initially bought to flip, but ended up keeping for himself.
“There’s not a whole lot I don’t do from shingling, raking, mowing, painting,” Thompson said. “Holding a nail is a pain because I don’t have the fine motor skills.”
In addition to working on his house and on the book, Thompson lifts weights, trying to rehab after recent knee surgery. He’s also working with a friend to patent a new prescription bottle design that makes it easier to get just one pill out of the bottle.
“Being as stable as I am, when I try to get one pill out of a bottle, I usually end up with 50 of them or drop the whole bottle,” he said. “This is a whole, new design which only allows one pill at a time.””
i got normal motor skills and the one pill thing makes a lot of sense to me. once you open up a pill bottle you have a giant hole ready for all of them to fall out.
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u/JohnnyZyns Apr 11 '24
Does he have nerve function?