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Katelyn Vincik's parents said their daughter was born with a left hand that was not fully formed. While Katelyn has always known her left hand was a little different than her right, it has not slowed her down.
"She's very determined, she does everything," said Kimberly Vincik. "It's never held her back."
[...] Katelyn has been on a waiting list for more than a year for a functional prosthetic. "It has not been FDA-approved. It's basically tied up in approval and legal," said Katelyn's father, Casey.
Her parents said Katelyn was offered a cosmetic prosthetic hand, but the little girl found it too heavy and generally disliked the way it looked.
[...] Determined to find a hand for Katelyn, the family drove from Victoria to Clear Lake and met with Branch Librarian Jim Johnson and Innovation Lab trainer Patrick Ferrell.
"We let them know we don't know anything about prosthetics. We've never done this before. We just know how to run a 3-D printer," said Ferrell. The fact the lab never printed a hand didn't stop Ferrell and a team of volunteers from diving into the project.
[...] The Vinciks said Katelyn took to her new hand like she'd had it all her life. Kimberly Vincik said some of Katelyn's first words after receiving the hand were directed to her younger sister, Lacey.
"(She said) 'Lacey, we can hold hands now,'" Vincik said.
The polylactic acid material used to make Katelyn's hand was even dyed in Katelyn's favorite colors: pink and purple. The prosthetic attaches to Katelyn's arm and a pulley system opens and closes the hand when Katelyn bends her arm.
Pretty amazing stuff these days eh?
Here's a link to the library: http://www.hcpl.net/content/jocelyn-h-lee-innovation-lab-0
(Score: 3, Funny) by Snotnose on Saturday August 20 2016, @02:25AM
She can check out the hand for 3 weeks, with 2 renewals. Then she has to turn it in and haunt the library until it shows up on the shelves again.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 20 2016, @02:44AM
You just reminded me that I still have books that were never returned. One of them from my hometown library, more than 40 years ago. The funny thing about that one is, I never could find it, and I offered to pay for it. The librarian wouldn't accept payment, insisted that I go home and search for the book some more. Fines continued to accumulate, I couldn't find the book, never did return it. Years later, I found the damned book, but now the library didn't want their book back!
So, I suggest that she just the hand out, and never return to that library.
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:44AM
So, I suggest that she just [check] the hand out, and never return to that library.
Just mail them back the middle finger.