Katy Hayes, 43, a mother of three from Kingwood, contracted Streptococcal A infection days after giving birth to her third child in 2010 and fell into a coma. Doctors had to amputate her arms and legs to save her life.
Brigham and Women's Hospital announced that 43-year-old Katy Hayes had been officially approved to become the nation's first recipient of a double-arm transplant above the elbow. She contracted the infection when her third child was born.