Our Recepients | Providing Prosthetic Limbs to Amputees in Need | Limbs of Love | Houston, TX
Debbie Rivera |
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Family members lined the wall of a patient room at the Amputee & Prosthetic center’s southwest location on February 14th, 2011. They all wore red in some form, symbolic of the Valentine’s Day holiday, but the day was about more than cupid, candy and hearts - it was about love. The love of a mother, a mother who needed help to have the life she once knew. |
Talan Holmes |
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Sealy, Texas– 7 month-old Talan Holmes was bundled up, playing, clapping and occasionally napping in the pavillion of a Houston area country club. Meanwhile, volunteers were organizing as golfers walked in from a cold round of golf on a rare freezing day in Houston. The little boy was curiously observant, but unaware that all of the activity was all aimed at making... |
David Reid |
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David Reid lost his right leg due to complications of diabetes in 2005 and without a prosthetic limb, he was forced to crawl on his hands and knees for almost three years. That all changed recently, thanks to Houston-based charity, Limbs of Love. After suffering the loss of a limb, Reid learned that artificial limbs were not part of his healthcare coverage, and he had no financial resources... |
Balbir Kaur |
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Balbir Kaur walked today for the first time in almost two years thanks to Limbs of Love. Desperate without healthcare insurance, Kaur had bought a used limb on EBAY for $40 following the loss of her leg because of complications from diabetes. Unfortunately, the limb she bought would never be of use to anyone other than the original owner and Kaur had no hope of ever raising the $15,000... |
Cameron Crowder |
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Six year old Cameron Crowder, had a prosthetic leg for years, but then she had a medical appointment that she would never forget. Cameron had become accustomed to the intermittent appointments squeezed in amongst her school days. But on Friday, March 7th, she received the thrill of her short life. Limbs of Love surprised the unsuspecting 6 year old girl with front row tickets to the Hannah... |
Jerri Chapman |
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Limbs of Love Helps Mom Walk AgainJerri Chapman hadn't walked in more than a year since her legs were amputated in 2006, but in 2008 things changed. The Amputee and Prosthetic Center in Houston, Texas, through its charitable organization Limbs of Love, donated prostheses to Chapman, the young mother of two boys. Read Full Story>> |
Sunny Chism |
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A crowd lined the streets in the small town of Buna, Texas, and standing in the throng was an employee of the Amputee and Prosthetic Center. "I was blown away," the employee remembers, "here was this beautiful teenager, full of life and joy and she had only one arm!" That employee found out about the Chism's financial struggle to afford the right prosthesis and took... |
Teresa Torrey |
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When Teresa Torrey and her husband traded the cold New York winter for the warm Texas climate, she had no idea she would also be trading life as she knew it for something very different. By the time she arrived in Texas, Teresa noticed that her foot was in pain and was becoming increasingly blue black. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors thought she had circulatory problems and she... |
Amanda McDaniel |
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An avid cheerleader, dancer, soccer player and straight “A” student, Amanda knew what it felt like to be fully alive, until the day her 17-year-old world turned upside down. After a cheer camp, which understandably leaves more than a few students with aches and pains, Amanda complained of a sharp pain in her left knee. Without alarm, Amanda's parents took her to a doctor... |
Diane Johnston |
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Born with a partially developed left leg, Diane was fitted with many prosthetic legs over the years, but because of the design and the time and patience it took to get used to them, she had her share of stumbles and tumbles. "This past October I fell down a flight of stairs. My leg was still at the top of the stairs. I landed at the bottom, “ she recalled. |
