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Thursday, June 20, 2013 | 6:18 a.m.

Icelandic Man Prepares For Unprecedented Double Arm Transplant

Gudmundur Felix Gretarsson is preparing to make history. The 41-year-old father-of-two is waiting for a total double arm transplant. His doctors say it's the first time a double amputee will have received two complete donor arms from the shoulders down. Gretarsson lost both his arms while working as an electrician 15 years ago.
 
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