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Woman benefits from Limbs for Life program

Judy Speers broke her leg in a grocery store fall in 1997. For most people, it would be a fairly simple matter of time and healing before they were back to normal.

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Limbs for Life offers hope to boy born without leg

The organization agreed to accept Connor as one of the 700 amputees it helps each year. That meant the Karows would not have to worry that Connor might end up without a prosthetic leg, on crutches or in a wheelchair, she said. “Just having that relief of knowing there’s hope and you’re not alone.”

After Connor tried on a “running leg,” Colleen Karow said, he never looked back. The lightweight leg, which features a flexible C-shaped metal foot, provides spring that aids running. Although Connor still couldn’t outrun most of his able-bodied friends, he could keep up with them, his mother said…
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Kevin Alcorn

Tulsa World – Limbs for Life Foundation – Patient Story – Kevin Alcorn

 

 

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