Kye Vincent, from Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, began crowdfunding for the Star Wars-themed 'hero arm' after losing four limbs to meningitis when he was eight years old.
The infection took less than 24 hours to spread through his body, which resulted in doctors amputating both of his lower legs, his right hand and part of his left hand.
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“They didn’t have much of a chance of saving his limbs. Kye said he wanted to be a bionic boy, so we started fundraising,” said Kye’s mother Cheryl Vincent, who said that seeing her son with a hand again was very emotional.
“I was full of pride, I could burst. I was so happy for him. From a very young age, he’s always loved Star Wars. And to have it on a prosthetic arm, it shows what he’s into,” she explained.
The arm...