Even when a limb has been severed or cut off from the nervous system, the nerves that once serviced it remains alive and well.

即使当四肢被截断或者其与神经系统失去了联系，曾经可以感受截肢存在的神经仍旧是正常工作的。

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I begin to understand: in a sense I was her she was me. As same as her, my wound is also unable to recover in all my life, just like the severed limb cannot grow up again.

和她一样，我的伤终生不会痊愈，正如断肢不会自己长出来。

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It was, in my grandfather's own words, like having a limb severed off.

用我外祖父的话说来就是像四肢散了架。

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The stump had been severed from the limb in a way that made attaching a prosthetic impossible.

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Through her blog, The Tales of an Amputee Mommy, the 38-year-old writer and social media manager receives 10 to 20 e-mails a day from people newly dealing with limb difference, and feeling severed from the world as well.

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