• The mother-of-two was pictured using prosthetic 脚s at home for the first time
  • によれば her husband, Mullins has begun 激しい physical therapy?
  • She became a quadruple amputee after an unremoved 腎臓 石/投石する got 感染させるd

?The Kentucky nurse who lost all her 四肢s after going into septic shock is 支援する home and using her prosthetics.

A 一連の photos 株d to GoFundMe on April 19 shows Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, 存在 held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on?人工的な 脚s.

The update was 地位,任命するd by Heather Beshears, a の近くに friend who 組織するd the fundraiser on に代わって of Mullins' family.

'Happy 涙/ほころびs are definitly flowing,' Beshears wrote in the caption of the new photos. 'She has been so ready to get this 一時期/支部 started.'

'No looking 支援する for this [chick].'?

Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, is relearning how to walk with prosthetics after losing all her 四肢s earlier this year

Updates posted to GoFundMe show Mullins being held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on artificial legs

Updates 地位,任命するd to GoFundMe show Mullins 存在 held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on 人工的な 脚s

The Kentucky mother of two became a quadruple amputee following kidney stone treatment. When an unremoved kidney stone became infected, she went into septic shock

The Kentucky mother of two became a quadruple amputee に引き続いて 腎臓 石/投石する 治療. When an unremoved 腎臓 sto ne became 感染させるd, she went into septic shock

According to her husband, Mullins checked into the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital at the beginning of March

によれば her husband, Mullins checked into the 枢機けい/主要な Hill Rehabilitation Hospital at the beginning of March

Mullins' husband, DJ, 以前 報告(する)/憶測d on March 8 that his wife was beginning 集中的な therapy as she took on the arduous 仕事 of relearning how to walk.

'As if she wasn’t strong enough, she’s about to get stronger,' DJ wrote.

'We just checked in to 枢機けい/主要な Hill for a couple weeks of 激しい therapy to 準備する her for the prosthetic 旅行 she is about to begin.'

Mullins' loved ones have been 供給するing a 安定した stream of updates, 含むing photos 株d at the end of February that showed her beaming beside her teenage son?in his high school 体育館, 覆う? 長,率いる-to-toe in spirit wear.

'Someone has bee n feeling better the last few days,' DJ wrote at the time. 'All those 祈りs continue to be answered!'

Mullins lost both her 脚s and 武器 when she was 入院させるd in January.?She 初めは went into 治療 for 腎臓 石/投石するs, which are hard balls of salt and minerals that form inside the 団体/死体.

The doctor left a 一時的な stent in her 団体/死体 に引き続いて the 外科 to 妨げる blockage. When she 除去するd the stent at home, as 教えるd, the mother of two began to feel ill and fell unconscious.

She was 急ぐd to a 地元の hospital, where doctors discovered that an unremoved 腎臓 石/投石する had become 感染させるd.

Mullins was told that she had gone into septic shock, with her 組織/臓器s beginning to shut 負かす/撃墜する. Doctors 安定させるd her and placed on a ventilator before she was 輸送(する)d to a larger hospital in Lexington.

While her organ function began to improve after days of treatment, blisters broke out across her limbs - and she was told they would have to be amputated in order to save her life

While her 組織/臓器 機能(する)/行事 began to 改善する after days of 治療, blisters broke out across her 四肢s - and she was told they would have to be amputated ーするために save her life

Her condition has been on the upswing, and she even appeared at a high school pep rally with her teenage son
Mullins beamed beside her eldest boy and husband, DJ, in the February update

Her 条件 has been on the 上昇, and she even appeared at a high school pep 決起大会/結集させる with her teenage son. Mullins beamed beside her eldest boy and husband, DJ, in the February update

The certified medical assistant underwent a series of amputations concluding with the removal of her lower arms in February

The certified 医療の assistant underwent a 一連の amputations 結論するing with the 除去 of her lower 武器 in February

Following hours of physical therapy sessions, Mullins regained her ability to eat by herself and learned to sit upright on her own

に引き続いて hours of physical therapy 開会/開廷/会期s, Mullins 回復するd her ability to eat by herself and learned to sit upright on her own

Over the next several days, while her 組織/臓器 機能(する)/行事 began to 改善する, blisters broke out across her 四肢s.

When she was conscious again, doctors told Mullins that she would 生き残る the 感染 - at the cost of her 手渡すs and 脚s.

She underwent a 一連の amputations 結論するing with the 除去 of her lower 武器 in February.

Speaking to DailyMail.com in February, Mullins said she leaned on the 慰安 of knowing her family would be with her every step of the way.

'Surprisingly, I wasn't upset, I didn't question it. I wasn't angry,' Mullins said.

'I know there will be hard times ahead but just knowing I could see my kids again and that I had the support of my family, I think that gave me peace to be okay with it.'

に引き続いて hours of grueling physical therapy 開会/開廷/会期s, Mullins 回復するd her ability to eat by herself using a 特に adapted fork that is strapped to her arm.

She also learned to sit upright by herself and scroll on her phone using her nose.

There are changes that the whole family must get used to. Each morning, DJ must dress and 包む his wife's 負傷させるs to keep them clean and watertight.

But the 41-year-old says she is 希望に満ちた and 決定するd to get 支援する to her 職業 as a certified 医療の assistant at Bates, Miller & Sims, a 地元の family practice.

Mullins says she is determined to get back to her job at Bates, Miller & Sims, a local family practice based in Stanford

Mullins says she is 決定するd to get 支援する to her 職業 at Bates, Miller & Sims, a 地元の family practice based in Stanford

The Kentucky woman's loved ones and close friends have been providing a steady flow of updates to a GoFundMe page, which has turned into a sort of recovery journ
al

The Kentucky woman's loved ones and の近くに friends have been 供給するing a 安定した flow of updates to a GoFundMe page, which has turned into a sort of 回復 定期刊行物

Mullins says her situation is not a 'sad story,' as she gets to be with her children and husband

Mullins says her 状況/情勢 is not a 'sad story,' as she gets to be with her children and husband

The GoFundMe?(選挙などの)運動をする has turned into a 定期刊行物 文書ing Mullins' 回復.

'Cindy and her family will have to make a few 調整s to their home to 融通する Cindy's needs 同様に as her prosthetics and adaptive equ ipment,' Beshears wrote on the page.

'The costs of all of this can be 圧倒的な. We started this fundraiser because we want to support our hero Cindy, 同様に as her husband DJ who has been by her 味方する every step of the way.'?

The (選挙などの)運動をする has raised more than $325,000 so far but has yet to 会合,会う its $350,000 goal.

'I just want people to know this is not a sad story,' Mullins said.

'This has a happy ending. I'm alive. I get to be with my children and my husband.'?