ReelAbilities Presents: STUMPED
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After Boston University Professor Will Lautzenheiser is diagnosed with a life-threatening bacterial infection, doctors are forced to amputate his arms and legs to save his life.
Over time, Will learns to cope through stand-up comedy, but, when he hears of an experimental transplant surgery, he is determined to take part.
This documentary chronicles four years of Will’s life as an amputee as he becomes the third patient to undergo a double-arm transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Discussion to follow with lm subject Will Lautzenheiser; Marie José
Benjamin, ORT/L, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Marissa Osborne, MS, OTR/L, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.
Director Robin Berghaus
USA, 72 min, Documentary, In English with Open Captions
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Free admission, Registration required
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Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
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