Woman Who Lost Arms in Dog Attack May Lose Leg Now
Kyleen Waltman has been through one medical crisis after another since she was mauled by dogs in South Carolina in March. She lost her colon, and both of her arms …
Cancer survivor who recently had her leg amputated praises groundbreaking surgery
Nikki Bradley (35), who was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma – a rare form of bone cancer – at the age of 16 has had a new knee joint constructed from …
She did not let amputation stop her from living her best life
She laid out her plan perfectly. Get into university, get the accounting degree, go out into the world, and be the best version of herself. No one, not even her …
Model who had legs amputated due to COVID leaves hospital
Claire Bridges from Tampa, Florida, who was born with a congenital heart condition, was also diagnosed with myocarditis, rhabdomyolysis, mild pneumonia, cyanosis and acidosis A young model forced to have …
Black Athlete, Mom of 2, Whose Leg Was Amputated After a Cancer Diagnosis is Now Empowering People With Disabilities
After losing her mother and her closest cousin to cancer, then being told she too had cancer and would need her leg amputated, Erin Brown went from worrier to warrior. …
Double amputee conquers Manitou Incline
Most people don’t wake up in the morning and spontaneously decide they want to hike the Manitou Incline. But for Lexie Bader, that was her decision. “I sat in my …
Alice Tai: ‘I’m proud to have had my leg amputated’
Having had her right leg amputated, seven-time world champion swimmer is eager to make a comeback at this summer’s Commonwealth Games In the days leading up to her hospital appointment …
Kim Steele: ‘I Am Going to Be OK’
A quadruple amputee is facing yet another health crisis — this time, it is acute myeloid leukemia — but she is determined to fight once again. Kim Steele, of Georgia, …
Sarah is a bundle of energy
Sarah’s life has been a miracle since that summer when she was 18, when she had just passed her university entrance exam with flying colours and then caught meningococcal meningitis, …
A Dublin woman has shared her dream of being able to walk again after having her leg amputated
The problems first started for Caroline McGrane, now 56, back when she got osteoarthritis in her left knee at the age of just 37. “One morning in 2002 I woke …
