My name is Lee Baker and I spent 20 years working as a carpenter until I found out that I had a soft tissue Sarcoma. My doctors, family, and I spent five years fighting to keep my leg, and then finally we had no choice but to amputate it, doctors had never really seen somebody with a hip disarticulation succeed with a prosthetic leg.
The first physical therapist that came to my house was not positive, so we did some research and we found Lawall Prosthetics and Orthotics in Wayne, New Jersey. The practitioner at Lawall was very positive, and that is what we needed. It wasn’t easy, it took a lot of time and effort, and the hardest thing for me was mental. I had to walk faster to keep up and even went into outpatient rehab. I wanted to be able to pull weeds in my backyard, as funny as it sounds, it’s a very simple thing, but it took months, and then finally there was hope even now I keep trying to do more and more. If I don’t try, I can’t find out, a lot of it is mental. You must be determined that you’re going to not let it stop you.
I’m grateful that we found Lawall. They’ve been there when we’ve needed them, and they were always very positive even afterward they set things up to help people with amputations, and because of that, I can walk better than any of the surgeons ever expected I would wholeheartedly recommend you go to Lawall.
…and Bill McConnell doesn’t often miss what he aims at! A gun enthusiast and longtime hunter, he refused to allow severe damage to his right leg to stand in the way of doing the things he loves. And now, after a transtibial (below-the-knee) amputation and a new prosthetic Proprio Foot, he’s picking up the pace in pursuing his favorite activities.
Read the inspiring story of Megan Yocum, a Lawall patient and amputee who overcame significant mobility challenges with the help of our experienced team of certified prosthetists. Discover how our personalized care and support helped Megan achieve her goals and improve her quality of life. Visit our website to read Megan’s story and learn more about Lawall’s prosthetics and orthotics services.
You might say that Stephanie Elliott’s journey as an amputee has been illuminated and brightened by her past experiences—and by lessons she hadn’t been aware she was learning, until she needed them.
That journey began on Dec. 28, 2020, at the height of the pandemic. She arrived at the emergency room with her left leg dramatically swollen, due in part to diabetic complications. After a three-day battle, she lost the leg due to sepsis.
“It was sad, it was sudden; and because of the Covid lockdown, nobody could be with me at the hospital,” she remembers. “My daughter had to drop me off at the ER. My husband had to dial in to participate in the amputation discussion with the vascular surgeon.”
