Now, Plemons spends three hours a day, five days a week in therapy. You have to try to get your hands to the point where they can bend again. The prospect horrifies Plemons, whose job involved breaking nuts and bolts loose with his hands. And then there's the fishing, hunting, and work around the house he so loves. At the time of the accident, he was almost finished building a barn in his back yard.
Doctors say recovery usually takes eight months to a year.
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