February 27, 2019 Paralympian Amy Purdy recovering from surgery after revealing tough choice to risk leg or kidney Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy underwent surgery Monday after revealing that she had developed a massive blood clot in her leg, forcing her to choose between risking losing her limb or possibly endangering her donated kidney.
February 27, 2019 New York nurse, 25, gets pacemaker after self-diagnosing life-threatening condition A 25-year-old nurse on New York’s Long Island was fitted with a pacemaker earlier this month after she self-diagnosed her troubling symptoms following a hip injury.
February 25, 2019 Teen's foot attached backward to form new knee after cancer surgery A Canadian teen who underwent a radical amputation surgery that saw his foot reattached backward to his upper thigh to form a new knee joint is currently undergoing his 14th round of chemotherapy and looking forward to learning how to walk on a prosthetic limb.
February 18, 2019 Retired police officer is perfect kidney donor match for former beat partner A pair of retired police officers already bonded by the field will now be joined for life after one was found to be a perfect kidney donor match for the other, and delivered the good news with a clever homemade card.
February 18, 2019 Mom gets new tongue made from arm after cancer diagnosis A 58-year-old woman who was reportedly faced with either surgically removing her tongue or succumbing to cancer within months has had a new one fashioned out of a vein and pieces of her arm.
February 15, 2019 Woman left with 1 nostril hole after botched surgery to fix dog bite A woman seeking the help of celebrity doctors said that for the last 11 years she’s been strategically placing her hand in front of her face of tilting her head a certain way so that people don’t see the large hole in her nose where her two nostrils should be.
February 14, 2019 Colorado woman pens 'breakup' note on foot before amputation A Colorado woman who had part of her leg amputated in the fall after spending years in agonizing pain said she penned “break up” notes on her limb before undergoing the 2.5-hour surgery.
February 8, 2019 Man impaled by bike’s handlebars says accident ‘happened so fast’ A cyclist suffered horrific injuries when he was impaled by his own handlebars in a freak crash.
February 7, 2019 Woman seeks 'Dr. Pimple Popper's' help removing 'horn' on head A woman with a family history of head cysts grew emotional while explaining to a celebrity dermatologist that for the past year, one of the growths had been developing into a “horn” on the back of her head.
February 6, 2019 Colorado woman who claimed hospital removed healthy kidneys dies 9 months later The 73-year-old woman who had both her healthy kidneys removed in what she had claimed was an erroneous procedure has died nine months after the surgery.
