{"id":874,"date":"2021-05-25T12:25:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openbionics.2021.appealstaging.co.uk\/?page_id=874"},"modified":"2022-03-03T11:37:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T11:37:14","slug":"bionic-bella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/en\/bionic-bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Bionic Bella"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"large-header\">\n            <div class=\"large-header__video\">\n        <div class=\"large-header__video-fg\">\n          https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ku0H_pS-Iz8        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n                  <style type=\"text\/css\">\n        @media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {\n          .page-template-default .large-header {\n            min-height: initial\n          }\n        }\n\n        @media (max-aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9) {\n          .large-header .large-header__video:first-of-type .large-header__video-fg {\n            position: relative;\n            padding-bottom: 56.25%;\n          }\n        }\n      <\/style>\n      \n      <div class=\"large-header__container\">\n      <h1 class=\"large-header__title\">Bionic Bella<\/h1>\n      <button class=\"scroll-down\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Skywalker&#8217;s Surprise For Bionic Bella<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">11-year-old double amputee Bella Tadlock, from Tallahassee, Florida, is a huge Star Wars fan and asked for an <a href=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/disney-hero-arm-covers\/\">R2-D2 Star Wars prosthetic arm<\/a>. We knew a fan of Bella&#8217;s from a galaxy far, far away&#8230; and surprised Bella with a Skype call from the one and only Mark Hamill. Luke Skywalker, y&#8217;all! Watch the full video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark Hamill&#039;s Surprise For Bionic Bella\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9TJObn8MCaQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><\/div>\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  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=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/185_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314732586-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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\">Bella is a huge Star Wars fan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Bella, who was born without her hands, is the first person in the USA to receive a Hero Arm with a new Star Wars R2-D2 design. Bella crowdfunded for her multi-grip bionic arm, and her crowdfunding campaign was boosted by a tweet from Mark Hamill in November 2019. Upon getting her arm, Bella said: \u201cI now have two hands! I am so excited. I will be able to ride my bike, create in the kitchen and be like my friends. To be able to bend my fingers and pick things up is a dream come true.&#8221;<\/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 \">\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=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FinalBMH-Screengrab2-1024x555-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Mark Hamill talking with Bella about bionic arm\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FinalBMH-Screengrab2-1024x555-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FinalBMH-Screengrab2-1024x555-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/FinalBMH-Screengrab2-1024x555-1-768x416.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\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\">Mark Hamill surprised Bella<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>A massive fan of Star Wars \u2013 with a Skype call, where she was able to show off her new bionic arm, and demonstrate what she could do with it. Hamill, known for playing the role of Luke Skywalker was suitably impressed when Bella picked up a bottle, exclaiming: \u201cThat is great \u2013 that is so fantastic! I\u2019m so happy that you were able to have this happen for you.\u201d He continued: \u201cOpen Bionics is doing such great work, and this is the kind of thing that\u2019s really meaningful to me.\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=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/071_BellaTadlock-copy-scaled-e1712314720693-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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\">Bella will use her Hero Arm to ride her bike and pick things up<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-text__description\"><p>Bella\u2019s mum, Pamela Tadlock, said: \u201cThis is completely life-changing. Since Isabella was adopted at a few weeks old she has overcome huge obstacles and endured many surgeries. Now she has a hand, with no surgery and no pain. I\u2019m so grateful to Open Bionics and Hanger Clinic. Bella likes Luke Skywalker because he lost a hand and was adopted like her. She also likes R2-D2 because he\u2019s a robot with cool patterns and was there in the beginning. She said that talking with Mark Hamill was very cool and that he was very nice.\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<section class=\"testimonial\">\n    <div class=\"testimonial__container\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark\">\n            <p>&#8220;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"testimonial__text\">\n                <p>To be able to bend my fingers and pick things up is a dream come true. &#8211; Bella<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"testimonial__speechmark testimonial__speechmark-right\">\n            <p>&#8221;<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar-768x768.jpg\" class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__image call-to-action-featured-sm__image--mobile\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bella-DisneyHeroArm-Starwar.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-768x512.jpg\" class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__image call-to-action-featured-sm__image--desktop\" alt=\"Bella&#039;s Star Wars Hero Arm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openbionics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/221_BellaTadlock-scaled-e1712314709435-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>    <div class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__overlay\">\n        <div class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__overlay-content\">\n            <div class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__container\">\n                <div class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__text\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"title\">Get a Hero Arm<\/h2>\n                                                                <p>Bella wears a Hero Arm, an advanced and affordable multi-grip bionic arm. Manufactured in the U.K., the Hero Arm is now available internationally through prosthetic clinics for people with below-elbow upper limb differences, aged 8 and above. Sign up to begin your bionic journey.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"call-to-action-featured-sm__button\">\n                                            <a class=\"button \" href=\"http:\/\/openbionics.com\/get-a-hero-arm\/\">\n                            Sign up for a Hero Arm                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skywalker&#8217;s Surprise For Bionic Bella 11-year-old double amputee Bella Tadlock, from Tallahassee, Florida, is a huge Star Wars fan and asked for an R2-D2 Star Wars prosthetic arm. 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