'There are several things I wanna do with my hand,' Kaleb Ritter told Newsweek.
After a life-altering snowboarding accident caused him to lose his right hand, 25-year-old Kaleb Ritter did something unusual—he turned his amputated hand into a Christmas decoration.Ritter's accident happened on January 16, 2021, during a visit to an Idaho ski resort. 'We were going quite fast when we collided, and I suffered some very serious trauma,' he told Newsweek.The collision resulted in multiple injuries, including a broken neck, concussion, and paralysis in his right arm.
He asked them to help preserve and articulate his hand.'It cost $1,500 to get my hand articulated,' he revealed.Articulation involved meticulously cleaning and preserving the skeletal structure of the hand. Once clean, each bone would be carefully reconnected using wires, rods or other material to recreate the natural positioning of the hand.'After the articulation, I got to thinking,' he said. 'There are several things I wanna do with my hand.
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