printer, how they can make a gun or other nonliving things, but the next thing is replacing organs. printing organs. it is the same technology instead of an ink-jet printer. there are other organic compounds and a computer generate the three-dimensional image. this has been accomplished already in children woborn witht a windpipe. three dim me thinknal tracheas implanted in these children. these children are doing as well now. we will be able to serve patients who normally may die waiting on a transplant list. which is about 18 people today most waiting for kidneys.
he ll get placed on a transplant list for his new arms. no more prosthetics. unfortunately i ll get cadaver arms from a donor and they are going to do a 16 hour surgery. reporter: he s not the first quadruple amputee to undergo the surgery. for me to ask an ounce of help i m stubborn. ask her. i m a mule. can you help me open this. i put my head down. it s a jar. something as simple as a jar. reporter: it won t be easy and his family will have to commute to boston from his home in fredericksburg, virginia for up to two years while he learns to use his new arms. i have ways and tricks of doing everything. basic thing such as sitting up. i don t know how the heck i ll sit up at first. i do a one arm push up.
in fact before he was put on the transplant list, he wants to get married which he plans to do on november 1st to his fiance, stacy, who he match on match.com two years ago. stacy is an icu nurse. she has three children which john adopted as his own. he is learning to walk on prosthetic legs. before he walks however, he wants to, he wants to know that he will be able to stand there when he walks her down the aisle. which, and you wouldn t think it would be so hard to stand which john has already gone skydiving. standing still on a prosthetic is the hardest part he tells me for any amputee. walking and moving is easy. john wants to stand still at altar when he puts the wedding ring on the stacy s finger. they are not asking for wedding gifts. they re asking wedding guests to donate to wounded veteran charities that helped them most. we ll have a full story on
transplant list he wants to it get married. stacey met on match.comtwo years ago. she is an icu nurse with three nurse and john adopted them as his own. he is learning to walk on prosthetic legs. he has already done sky diving and standing still on a prosthetic is harnlest for any amputee. john wants to stand still at the alter when he puts the ring on stacey s finger. they are not asking for wedding gifts but asked gifts to donate to the wounded charity that helped them most. we ll have more with bret baier. please tune in. and it will inspire you. inspiring and make sure you have box of tissues. jennifer griffin, what a great story out of dc.
or stroke. fda officials say studies do not support a daily aspirin regimen as a preventative measure for people who have never had cardiovascular problems. a west virginia woman found a miracle donor.ç cindy faced an uncertain future until she met jacqueline. she s a total stranger. she offered her own kidneys. she didn t think much about it until the tests came back and she was a perfect match. they had been brought together in an unusual way after she faced a long wait on the transplant list. they told me it could be five years, maybe even ten. it depends on my condition, blood type and all of that. my son didn t like that idea. he said he put an ad on craigslist. can you yo believe, that craigslist. both woman were at the church over the weekend for a spaghetti dinner to pay for medications. the transplant surgery is planned for june. craigslist. her son, by the way, is the hero in this.