This request for help is being sent on behalf the Stumps R Us organization
and at the request of Jason Alberty of Cedar Rapids,Iowa.
Pleas reply directly to him at Jason Albert [email protected] if you have
any suggestions.
Thank you,
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ErtlReconstruction.com
My wife lost her leg to necrotizing fasciitis. It is a below the knee amp,
but she has uneven skin grafts all the way to her buttocks. She has been
fighting with staph and cellulitis in her stump over the past year and a
half. Recently they discovered staph in the actual bone of her amped leg and
started a pic-line IV antibiotic. That sort of went south and she just got
out of the hospital dealing with that. Her orthopedic doctor just told her
she should put idea of ever running again out of her mind.
She caught the nec fasc from a bunionectomy to help her have less pain while
running, so I’m sure you get the devastating irony.
She is about at the end of this rope, I think. I am looking for a way to
give her the sense of running without actually damaging the stump.
She won’t be able to wear her pros-leg for some weeks while they try to get
this under control, so she is on the hated crutches and wheelchair for a
while.
Do you have any suggestions?
I saw a harness type system for people running in pools. Is that something
that might work for her?
Thank you.
Jason Alberty
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
[email protected]
