While this writer is not a medical professional, they have promised a long post, and intends to deliver!
The galaxy had, ever since the Gulag Virus, fallen into a profound depression. Such times were common throughout history, and perhaps explained why technology had not fundamentally changed for tens of thousands of years. Perhaps a plateau of sorts had been reached, beyond which little improvement was possible. Technology became better, it was true, but not radically. Lightsabres, blasters, star ships, all had gotten more efficient and faster, but a soldier of the Jedi Civil War could pick up an E-11 blaster and could use it with only a little bit of catchup.
In the area of bionics, likewise improvements had been made, but fundamentally the core components remained the same. That being said, the items chosen for Siobhan were much better than any seen before. The hand selected for Siobhan would feel just as responsive as her original hand had. It was built on the same principle that a HRD was built. The slender metal skeleton was lightweight, strong and designed to be non reactive. Over the top of it a layer of human skin cloned for the occasion was placed. This skin had hair, fingernals and even lines on the palm. It was warm to the touch, and even could sweat. Naturally, it was not identical, but it was as close as could be imagined. No one shaking Siobhan's hand would know that it was not the one she had been born with. What's more, the join between hand and stump was carefully matched as closely as possible. There was a difference in tan, but there was no way around that.
The hand was the easy part.
The eye however was much more difficult. First the old unit had to be removed. The inexpertly installed bionic eye was removed and taken away. Powerful anti-biotics were used to cleanse the skin, and then the new unit could be installed. Unfortunately, Kaelin, the vampires and the Jedi had pretty badly mucked up the whole area, so the doctors first had to rebuild part of the face, and then move on to the installation. Once the eye was connected to the optic nerves and put into place they had to construct an eyelid which would look like a normal one. This too would look almost like nothing had changed, but close inspection would show it acted a bit different to her other one. The eye itself had a cloned cornea and retina grown on top of it, again just like a HRD would.
By the end of the operation, after nearly nine hours, Doctor Osway had justified the million credit fee for her team. Now Siobhan was taken into a private ward to gradually wake up, the pain subdued by many drugs.
Tegaea came to see her while she was asleep. Doctor Osway, tired but still quite chipper, showed her the result.
"As you can see, Ms Alcori, it will take some days for her to be fully back to normal. But she is recovering well."
"I wonder what she's thinking about," Tegaea wondered, noticing that her lover had a smile on her face. "Either way, you did a great job. I'll have my aide stay here. When she wakes up I'll have her call me."
"Thank you. I'll be in to check on her when she wakes up."
