Lucinda “Cindy” Mullins.Photo:gofundme
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A nurse from Kentucky is learning how to walk again with prosthetics after having her limbs amputated following a kidney infection.
“Stepping in the right direction. One happy chic [sic],” the campaign’s organizer, Heather Beshears, wrote alongside photos of a determined Mullins. In one image, Mullins is seen with her head up and her eyes closed as medical professionals help her stand with her prosthetic legs. In another, she can’t hold back a smile.
“These are the training legs,” Beshears wrote. “They will introduce the knees when she is ready.”
The campaign has raised over $318,000 of its $350,000 goal as of April 4.
Lucinda “Cindy” Mullins.gofundme
In a previous GoFundMe update shared on March 8, Mullins' husband DJ posted that Cindy had arrived at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital for “intense therapy” to get her ready for her “prosthetic journey.”
“As if she wasn’t strong enough, she’s about to get stronger,” he added.
Cindy had herlegs and arms amputatedafter she suffered from an infected kidney stone in December, according to local news outletWLEX.
She began physical therapy on Jan. 2, and her loved ones have been documenting her journey on GoFundMe.
The quadruple amputation was the result of a “perfect storm," she recalled to WLEX earlier this year.
“The doctor I used to work with, he kind of was like, ‘This is what they had to do to save your life. This is what’s happened,’” Mullins told the outlet.
Sepsis, according to theMayo Clinic, is when the body responds improperly to an infection, which can ‘damage the lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs.”
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She was then transported from a hospital in Stanford to one in Lexington, where she was sedated for days.
After waking up, Mullins learned she would have to lose all four of her limbs.
“I’m just so happy to be alive,” Mullins told WLEX. “I get to see my kids. I get to see my family. I get to have my time with my husband. Those are minor things at this point.”
source: people.com
