A quadruple amputee nurse has shown off her new 'sparkly pink legs' just months after surgery changed her life forever. Lucinda Mullins lost both her legs and arms after a routine kidney stone surgery went tragically wrong in January. The mother-of-two from Kentucky, , became septic after the stone she needed removing ended up getting infected.
She was rushed to a in Fort Logan, Stanford, before being transferred to a University of Kentucky hospital in Lexington where she was heavily sedated. When she woke up, both of her legs were gone. Now the 41-year-old has heralded a 'big day' in her life as she showed off her new prosthetic arm and legs.
A photo posted to her page shows her smiling while wearing a black prosthetic on her right arm for the first time. In a second photo she can be seen grabbing a pamphlet at an orthopaedics office. And on the same say she was also photographed while doctors helped her walk with her new prosthetic legs.
Alongside the pic she wrote: "I never thought I would be so happy to have pink sparkly legs." Mullins has been training herself to use prosthetics since the beginning of March. In a post on March 8, her husband DJ wrote: "As if she wasn’t strong enough, she’s about to get stronger.
We just checked in to Cardinal Hill for a couple weeks of intense therapy to prepare her for the prosthetic journey she is about to begin." Mullins initially sought medical treatment for kidney stones, which are solid masses composed of salt and minerals that.
