Surprising Facts About Humerus Bone Surgery and Nerve Blocks

Did you know that it only takes one surgery to take 20 pieces of a humerus arm bone and put it back into one piece? Did you also know that it feels absolutely bizarre to have a full-arm nerve block so that you can see your fingers moving gripping things, but you can't actually feel those fingers gripping things? Wild! Oh! And did you know that if you jump out of the back of your truck onto the driveway, just like you’ve done for many years, but land on your elbow instead of on your feet, that just the end of your humerus can transform into as many as 20 separate pieces? I didn’t know any of that before. But I do now...