Canklectomy wrote:
Her "good" foot has deformed toes - it's not clear from the article but I assume that's also congenital. So she isn't really asking to have a healthy limb removed.
Yeah, the article makes it pretty clear that the good leg isn't really all that good. Directly from the article...
She now wants her left foot - which has deformed toes and severe tendon damage - removed so she can run with two prosthetics and achieve her dream of competing in top-level paralympic events.
Her stepfather Darren Quigley, 53, said: 'We always thought the good leg was good and that was it, but in the last two years it's taken a lot of strain.
'She's taking daily medication, wearing ankle and knee braces and even has a plate under her knee to support her. It's all slowing her down.