One of the first people in the UK to have a double hand transplant said her progress has been “phenomenal” in the two years since the operation. Cor Hutton, from Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, was the first patient in Scotland and the third in the UK to successfully have the procedure, having had her hands and … Read article »
“We should all hear her story and realize what is truly important in our daily lives.”Bebe Winkler, Interior Designer, NY Latona NEW YORK CITY – It was nine months to the day after Sept. 11, 2001. Elmira native Theresa Sareo was well into recording her third album, which reflected upon the World Trade Center tragedy, … Read article »
Carolina, wearing a black dress and black tights beautifully fitted to the stump, comes to dress the Christmas tree. Carolina is barefoot! So that you can see her beautiful foot, the stump is also visible. He uses black balls to help her, in the video of course he massages her stump and the rest of … Read article »
It’s Like to Lose Your Leg Kirstie Ennis was serving her second tour in Afghanistan in 2012 as a sergeant for the United States Marine Corps when her helicopter went down. “I remember one of the army medics, he came over and he said, ‘Don’t close your eyes ’cause you’re not going to open them … Read article »
Marguerite Henderson had lost her feet, hand and fingers to sepsis. An amputee has been given the ultimate Christmas gift – a bionic hand which could allow her to sew again. Marguerite Henderson, who lost her feet, a hand and fingers to sepsis, has become the first person in the UK given the device by … Read article »
Mandy Horvath always loved the great outdoors, just as much as her job working as a chef. She had just turned 21 and says she only had a couple drinks at a bar when she walked outside to get some air — that was the last thing she remembers. “I believe I was incapacitated by … Read article »
A mum who fought Covid after falling ill with sepsis and having her legs amputated has achieved her dream of walking again by Christmas. Joleen Ritchie, from Fraserburgh, became ill “out of the blue” and was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Boxing Day last year. It was discovered she had gone into a septic … Read article »
When Easton LaChappelle of Unlimited Tomorrow started working to build his first prosthetic hand, he was still in his teens. Six years later he’s gone from early prototypes to refined product and has a goal to develop robotic prosthetics that can be manufactured in such a way as to lower costs dramatically. Having the right … Read article »
Eighteen years ago, physical therapist and now Brandon resident Cosi Belloso was assigned the amputee rotation at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami because she “was the low man on the totem pole and got stuck with the amputee rotation that nobody wanted.” During her rotation, she met her mentor, Paul Kleponis, the senior physical therapist … Read article »
Amy Purdy spent eight weeks with her mother in a beautiful Boston apartment this summer that was covered from floor to ceiling with captivating glass windows. It was her healing environment, inspiring her to bounce back from a five-hour surgery during which two centimeters of her already amputated left leg were cut off. Purdy, a … Read article »