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02nd Jul 2013

VIDEO: Meet Christina, the Woman Who Built Herself a Prosthetic Leg out of LEGO

Putting it together one brick at a time...

Una Kavanagh

YouTuber Christina Stephens aka AmputeeOT is a practicing occupational therapist and clinical researcher who’s bravely chronicling her journey from foot crush injury to amputation and beyond.

In this new timelapse video, the builds herself a new leg completely constructed out of LEGO.

“Someone in my research lab jokingly suggested I make a prosthetic leg out of legos. The joke’s on you – I went home and did it” she says. “Please don’t do this yourself, I don’t want you to fall and get hurt!”

She continues, “Sometimes, you just need to be silly” – we totally agree!

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