Twenty month old girl takes first steps with prosthetic leg
- 7 years ago
An amazing video has emerged of a 20-month old girl taking her first steps during a socket fitting for her prosthetic leg.
The footage, shot last month in Baltimore, MD, USA, shows Elizabeth walking toward her mother who old her hands as she receives a prosthetic leg for the first time.
"She was born with several congenital anomalies which included not having a formed right hip, knee, or ankle and she didn't have a tibia," the mother wrote online.
"On November 2 Elizabeth went in JUST to try the socket on, it was not her finished product leg and it was not meant for her to bear weight, it was meant to check the socket and then put some hardware on to check the height,"
"Well in that moment Elizabeth decided it was NOT just a socket fitting but it is when she would take her first steps!!" she added.
"She is a brilliant child and learns and imitates anything, little did anyone know she was so ready to imitate walking as soon as she was given the chance."
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The footage, shot last month in Baltimore, MD, USA, shows Elizabeth walking toward her mother who old her hands as she receives a prosthetic leg for the first time.
"She was born with several congenital anomalies which included not having a formed right hip, knee, or ankle and she didn't have a tibia," the mother wrote online.
"On November 2 Elizabeth went in JUST to try the socket on, it was not her finished product leg and it was not meant for her to bear weight, it was meant to check the socket and then put some hardware on to check the height,"
"Well in that moment Elizabeth decided it was NOT just a socket fitting but it is when she would take her first steps!!" she added.
"She is a brilliant child and learns and imitates anything, little did anyone know she was so ready to imitate walking as soon as she was given the chance."
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