The Stubby's Are Home

After a week of being in-patient my husband had been so eager to stand again and walk again. Obviously, at the same time unaware of how much effort it would take, the surgeries that still needed to be done, and what extra programs he would need to take just to (learn) walk again. Walking is something he has been doing for the past 34 years (well 33), but how could something that has been so simple to him now be so difficult and taken away from him?

"Why did this have to happen to me?"  That is the question my husband asks himself over and over. What am I supposed to say that? You can only go so far with I don't know or anything else because I don't know why and I don't understand why. It's a question that I think about myself just to try to find that answer for my husband because I feel that someone somewhere owe's that to him!


After becoming out-patient and having some much needed training, whether it be physical or occupational training, it was finally time for him to pick out his new wheels (wheel chair) and be casted for his prostestics. Once he was casted it was about a week later before he could actually try them on. It's been a process that has taken some time but I think we are on the right track.

Jeremy's first day of standing and taking a few steps.

Second day of standing and walking!

It has now been a week and the stubby's are allowed to come home now!


Most individuals that stand for the first time in stubby's are not able to walk on the same day or even in the same week. They have so much regular pain or phantom pain that just learning how to balance for a few minutes can take more than a breath out of them. My husband has been told numerous times that people are impressed by his achievements in a short matter of time. I too am proud....