Austin third-grade football player finds perfect prosthetic fit

AUSTIN, Texas – Like many eight-year-old boys, Jeremiah Canady loves enjoying flag soccer. However he’s gone by way of greater than most youngsters his age so as to even be capable to take part.

Jeremiah was simply three years outdated when he was injured in a garden mowing accident. He had been on a driving garden mower together with his dad.

“He bought off to go play and his dad began mowing once more and didn’t see him behind him when he was backing up,” stated mom Myquesha Canady.

Jeremiah’s foot was severed by the blade. 

“He saved getting infections, so that they began solely amputating toes after which the foot after which greater up after which, finally, they have been like, ‘We need to guarantee that an infection doesn’t come again, and it doesn’t maintain spreading, so we’re going to must go to the healthiest tissue and amputate there,’” she stated. 

It was within the hospital that Jeremiah and his household met Brittany Jones, an orthotist and prosthetic at Hangar Clinic. 

“I used to be the clinician on name when he had his accident,” stated Brittany Jones, who additionally manages one of many Hangar clinics.

As an amputee herself, she has guided the household by way of the final 5 years.

“I grew up a affected person in some ways alongside the way in which, each with bracing and prosthetic legs, and that definitely uncovered me to the sector and bought me ,” she stated. 

And after years of making an attempt totally different prosthetics, this summer season they have been capable of finding the right prosthetic match for Jeremiah.

“He has at all times skilled some form of discomfort,” stated Canaday. “It’s very emotionally and mentally rewarding to see him lastly be snug.” 

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