disarticulation

“Writing gives us the tools to articulate the mute disarticulation we face on a daily basis,” she reminds us.

His right leg was amputated to the hip joint, in a rare procedure called hip disarticulation.

In October, at Seattle Children’s, the lower part of Radhika’s left leg was amputated in a procedure called a knee disarticulation.

The bacteria infected my left arm, and progressed so quickly that the doctors were forced to complete a left shoulder disarticulation, which completely removes the arm from the humeral head, to prevent the bacteria from taking hold in my chest and attacking my vital organs.

The girls endured such long-term isolation that the eldest, now 19, was diagnosed with a condition known as disarticulation disorder, prosecutor J. Alan Goodwin told the court in Tucson on Wednesday during closing arguments.