“Basketball Girl” Got New Legs.

Im impressed… and she has no pants.

>_>

Looks a bit like homestar runner with her modified legs. I’m horrible.

I know what you mean, Stockholm.

Her new legs remind of the Kraftwerk robots. :-/

Her first picture reminds me of Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam and “walked” in a similar fashion across the U.S. He’s a very famous public speaker.

Here’s a video about him

http://www.nationwidespeakers.com/video/356

Made me think of the guy in Shallow Hal who walked on his hands… Rene Kirby I think.

Pretty amazing that she is able to get around like that on the basketball. One of the articles I saw about her said she’s worn out six basketballs thus far. Does she have enough leg left to move the prostheses? From her position on the ball it doesn’t look that way.

I also remember seeing photos once of a boy with no legs who got around by scooting on a skateboard, pushing with his hands.

Ok. My turn to be non-PC:
What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs lying on the front porch?
Matt.
What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs in the water?
Bob.
What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs hanging on the wall?
Art.
What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs waterskiing?
Skip.
What do you call a kid with no arms & no legs under your car?
Jack.

Ok. I’ll stop. But those are the jokes I’d be telling if I were in her shoes. (Uh oh. I’m in trouble now!)

Thank you Alex! I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t feel the need to make awful jokes. C’mon, people, how would you feel if it was YOU missing your legs…?

–TwoDragons

Yes, the legs just keep her at “normal” height, and she’ll have to use the crutches. I think she doesn’t have any leg muscles at all, so until medicine advances a bit further (which it will likely do, of course…) then she’ll just have to make do with crutches.

But seeing as she was so incredibly proficient with a basketball and two brush handles, then I doubt she’ll be slow on those new legs!

–TwoDragons

C’mon, people, how would you feel if it was YOU missing your legs…?

How do you know I’m not missing my legs?

They need to book her for the next “Dancing with the Stars” to show up that gold digging Heather Mills.

The picture above shows the work in progress – they did “finish” the legs with a cosmetic outside once they were working! There are some “after” pictures at the end of the slideshow in the URL I posted above

I wanna say that life can change in any second. We all feel so proudy and always look on our beauty, enjoyment, money and other facilities of life. Life can change any second…. accidents can happen with anyone at any time…. think this, what if we be in this situation as this little girl is. She need no sympathy but she need encouragement and we all have to learn with this little girl who easily give up with life. And i am proud on her parents who supported her and let her to be independent.
Bless u little girl. Wish u live a long happy life with self respect. Never give up this is the way to live a life with respect.

How brave guys! Congrats ! Continue making fun of a poor amputee girl. Shame on you.

Well I’ve looked at this and there are a few of you that need to be in a accedent. Sometimes I can’t believe how heartless some people are. I believe these
so called heartless people are more handicapped than the disabled, and I’m probable more able than these heartless B a s t e r d s. So go run a red light, or stop sign. or just do everyone a favor and jump off a cliff. From SHALLOW HAL Just call me Walt

Damn! i feel terrible to laugh at the 1st comment :s
WTF was her parrents when she has the accident, The blame is on her parrents