A British construction worker 29 year old James Byrne severed his thumb in a saw accident last December, he didn’t know if he’d ever be able to return to work again.
Surgeons attempted to reattach the missing digit but were ultimately unsuccessful as the thumb was too badly damaged. Upon realizing that he couldn’t return to his chosen profession without two working thumbs, Byrne decided to let surgeons amputate his left toe and graft it onto his hand.
