Emergency Barbie Surgery

That's right. One of my daughters came to me this afternoon, and informed me that her Aurora(aka Sleeping Beauty) Barbie had been in a horrifying accident, and one of her arms had come off. She asked if there was anything I could do about it. After having her sign the requisite waivers of liability, I sprang into action.

  Here is what we were dealing with:

 
That's right, a total separation of the arm from the body. The only factor in our favor was that it was a clean break at the shoulder joint. I knew what tool I would need:

Steeling my nerves, I applied the solution liberally, but carefully:

 And here we have the patient, after the procedure:

  The patient is resting comfortably, it will be 24 hours before we know how limited her arm mobility will be. All we can do now is hope.