{"id":870,"date":"2021-05-25T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openbionics.2021.appealstaging.co.uk\/?page_id=870"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:39:09","slug":"bionic-kim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/en\/bionic-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Bionic Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"large-header\">\n            <div class=\"large-header__image \">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small.jpg\" class=\"large-header__image-element\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-1_small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>      <\/div>\n      \n      <div class=\"large-header__container\">\n      <h1 class=\"large-header__title\">Bionic Kim<\/h1>\n      <button class=\"scroll-down\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Quadruple amputee Kim can do everyday tasks again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">She can do things like cooking, brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, operating her wheelchair and playing with her grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container \">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-2_small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">Kim absolutely loves her Hero Arm and told us\u00a0\u201cits changed my life\u201d<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>In February 2018, Kim Smith had all four of her limbs amputated after contracting sepsis whilst on holiday in Spain with her husband Steve. Mum-of-two Kim from Buckinghamshire in the UK spent 9 weeks in intensive care, and at one point she was given only six hours to live. But she fought sepsis and won. Now she\u2019s determined to take back her independence. Her daughter set up a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/bionic-gran-who-lost-four-13451126\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a>\u00a0to raise money for a bionic arm, and in August 2018, we fitted her with a right-handed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/hero-arm\/\">Hero Arm<\/a>. Now she\u2019s fundraising for a left-handed Hero Arm. Kim absolutely loves her Hero Arm and told us\u00a0\u201cits changed my life\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section image-text\">\n\t<div class=\" image-text__container  row-reverse\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1731\" height=\"1154\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small.jpg 1731w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kim-Smith-5_small-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-text__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"image-text__title\">\u201cThe technology is amazing\u201d<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Kim is overjoyed she can do everyday tasks again like cooking, brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, operating her wheelchair and playing with her grandchildren. \u201cThe technology is amazing,\u201d said Kim. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to put into words how happy I feel. It\u2019s just amazing what I can do. I can brush my own hair and teeth. I can use a fork to eat and operate the button on my electric wheelchair. 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