A 5-year-old Maine boy has begun working with people who hold physical therapy jobs as part of his comeback from having his hand severed in late June, according to a published report.
Surgeons at a Boston hospital reattached the hand of Noah Keene of Owls Head after a fluke accident and they said his prognosis is good, The Bangor Daily News reports. A jump rope around his wrist got caught in the wheel of the car in which he was traveling, according to his mother Cassidy, who is a nurse.
"'It's swollen but it looks good.' That's what the surgeons say. But to a 5-year-old, it looks like Frankenstein. He has a pin that sticks out and he calls it his Wolverine hand," she told the news source.
Noah also broke his humerus, the bone that runs between the elbow and the shoulder, for which he also is likely to need physical therapy services as he prepares to start kindergarten.
Physical therapists work with patients who are recovering from injuries or illnesses as part of efforts to enhance movement and manage the pain, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.