Watch the eight-year-old boy who was fitted with a bionic arm
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An eight-year-old boy has become the youngest person to get a bionic ‘hero arm’ that he received two days before his eighth birthday.
Freddie Payne was born without a right hand and used a prosthetic hand in the past but his mother, Suzy Cook says it was ‘doll-like’ with no movement.
After Suzy spotted Tilly Lockey, a 12-year-old recipient of two ‘hero’ arms and the ambassador for Open Bionics on Good Morning Britain, she decided to get it for her son.
She said: “We had already begun the process of looking into private options but I remember spotting Tilly on television. She could do so much with her hands. I never thought at that stage anything could be done because of his age.”
“When I found out Open Bionics decided to take him on as the youngest in the world I could not believe it.”
Freddie lives with his mother Suzy, his 12-year-old sister Megan and Suzy’s fiancee Nathan Darlick.
He was fitted with the £10k arm two days before his eighth birthday and was super excited to use it.
He ate his favourite hamburger with two hands for the first time at his birthday party. He is also enjoying playing with toys and with his pet dog Lacie.
Last week, Freddie carried his book bag and lunchbox by himself. He told his mother, Suzy, ‘Look what I can do now mum!’.
Suzy said that Freddie always wanted to be able to eat a burger just like his friends and the device has completely changed her son’s life.
She said: “It is brilliant. Freddie has become much more conscious about his hand recently so this is incredible, he really wanted to be able to eat a burger just like all of his friends.”
“As soon as he put on the arm he realised what to do, it was immediate. It will change his life.”
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