'I got it! I got it!' The truly heartwarming moment a proud two-year-old amputee walks for the first time

  • Kayden Elijah had his 権利 foot and left 脚 amputated in January
  • He was born with his 決定的な 組織／臓器s outside his 団体／死体
  • And doctors told his mother they didn't think he was going to 生き残る

By Steve Hopkins

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The challenge 二塁打-amputee Kayden Elijah 直面するs is heartbreakingly obvious - but he doesn't seem to know it.

With his 手渡すs clasped to a walker, the two-year-old インチs 負かす／撃墜する the 回廊（地帯）, swaying and 落ちるing into the 手渡すs of a carer hovering nearby.

But Elijah never loses 約束, 繰り返して 説 'I got it'.

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Elijah

Elijah takes a 確信して first step

Elijah

Then loses his balance and 落ちるs

Elijah

安定したing himself he tries again

Elijah

Elijah steps out on his own

Elijah

インチing away from his carer

Elijah

He smiles up at onlookers

After each 落ちる, he 安定したs himself again and 押し進めるs 今後. 'One, two,' the carer says and Elijah echoes it 支援する.

She then tells him to keep his 脚s wider, but he just keeps defiantly repeating, 'I got it'.

The ビデオ was 初めは 地位，任命するd to You Tube and Facebook by Elijah's mother, Nikki Kinko, of New Jersey, but has now been 株d around the world.

Ms Kinko is trying to raise money to 支払う／賃金 for more therapy and 器具／備品 for her son through fundraising website gofundme. About £1300 has so far been raised.

On the page, Ms Kinko explains that Elijah was born with Omhalocele, a 条件 that meant his 組織／臓器s remained on the outside of his 団体／死体.??

Elijah, in a picture from his gofundme page, learns to stand in his prosthetic limbs which were fitted in January

Elijah, in a picture from his gofundme page, learns to stand in his prosthetic 四肢s which were fitted in January

Elijah's freshly bandaged stumps can be seen as he sits after having his right foot and left leg amputated

Elijah's freshly 包帯d stumps can be seen as he sits after having his 権利 foot and left 脚 amputated

Elijah, who was born with his organs outside his body, looks happy in a picture taken before his ope ration

Elijah, who was born with his 組織／臓器s outside his 団体／死体, looks happy in a picture taken before his 操作／手術

He also had a 禁止（する）d 包む around his 脚s and feet which led to some deformity.

Elijah had two 外科s for the 条件, and in January had his 権利 foot and left 脚 amputated.

Ms Kinko 令状s on the page: 'We are raising money for extra physical therapy visits, を締めるs and prosthetics for Kayden and to 支払う／賃金 off 優れた 医療の 法案s.'

Elijah, in a picture taken off his fundraising page, and his family need help to raise money for extra physical therapy, braces and prosthetics

Elijah, in a picture taken off his 基金 raising page, and his family need help to raise money for extra physical therapy, を締めるs and prosthetics

'We are also trying to publish a 調書をとる／予約する about his life and prayerfully have him …に出席する a （軍の）野営地，陣営 for children with prosthetics in Atlanta when he is old enough.'

She also 明らかにする／漏らすd that doctors had advised her during her pregnancy that Elijah 'wouldn't make it'.

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