A woman who spent nine months in hospital needing 'three amputations' feels like she finally has her life back - after getting a bionic leg.
Emilia Lindquist, 27, was diagnosed with lupus - an autoimmune disease which occurs when the body attacks healthy tissues and organs - when she was 19.
But last year the disease caused a blood clot in her right leg, which soon turned into an infection.
Doctors tried to amputate below the knee twice - but ended up amputating above the knee, because she was in so much pain.
Emilia Lindquist, 27, was diagnosed with lupus - an autoimmune disease which occurs when the body attacks healthy tissues and organs - when she was 19.
But last year the disease caused a blood clot in her right leg, which soon turned into an infection.
Doctors tried to amputate below the knee twice - but ended up amputating above the knee, because she was in so much pain.
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00:00It has now been over seven months since I got my first prosthetic
00:03and during that time I've been trialing a whole lot of different types of
00:06prosthetic knees to see what suits me best. So I started
00:09off by trying a mechanical knee, however this didn't provide a lot of
00:12support for me as my left leg or rear leg is injured and
00:17so I rely more on my prosthetic than on my rear leg. I then tried a range
00:23of different data process knees and I have finally
00:26decided which knee I prefer. As a data process knee is not
00:30necessarily covered by insurance here in Sweden, I was
00:34lucky enough that I was approved to be able to buy the
00:37data process knee that I wanted anyways. So last week I received my final
00:42prosthetic with my chosen knee on it and I'm super excited to master it and
00:46continue my recovery journey.
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