Renee Jones is a Physical Therapist and mom of 2 rambunctious boys who are 16 and 8 and she is always running around with them. Renee is in a unique position being a home care physical therapist and an amputee. Sometimes patients are not sure what to make of it all. But the majority of the people Renee works with see her as an inspiration, she reports they often say “If you can come here and do what you do for me with all that you have going on, I can now do what it is you are asking me to do.”
Renee is on the move all day. And steps are just one of the obstacles she needs to navigate on a daily basis.
“As a home care Physical Therapist I need steps to go into the house, steps to come out, I am doing steps inside as I am doing stair training with my patients. So I am extremely active”
Renee works with Traci Romano CPO in Lawall’s Frankford Ave office. They have been working together for years and the rapport they have developed is essential to Renee’s prosthetic care.
“Anytime I come in Traci is always saying, “Renee, let’s try this and see how you like it.” She makes sure that I have a knee that is going to stand up to my daily activities.”
…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.”
