Make lemonade when you’re given lemons by life!
The reality is that this is easier said than done, but a woman by the name of Jessica Quinn learned how to make lemonade with the lemons life gave her, and she is now living her life to the fullest despite the ordeal she was forced to go through as a child and all the looks and hurtful comments she has endured over the years.
This mom-to-be, now 30, was a very active and athletic youngster when she was just eight years old. However, she didn’t break her femur until she tried to demonstrate her abilities by standing on a soccer ball.
When I was outdoors playing with my sister, I tried to balance and show off a little bit by standing on a soccer ball, but I slipped off and broke my femur bone.”I was rushed to the hospital, where they attempted to mend the break through surgery,” she continued. They attempted to cure the bone for around three to four months as usual before recognizing why it had cracked in the first place.
Even after four months, the bone still wouldn’t heal after a surgery and a variety of additional therapies, leaving Jessica in severe discomfort. Doctors were perplexed and ordered more tests, which is how they learned she had osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that frequently arises in the cells that build bones.
Jessica received intense treatment right away, which had the unfavorable side effect of causing her weight to drop to a perilous 18 kg.
It was simply the only way to truly purge everything and preserve my life. But there were a few factors at play, Jessica explains. The possibility of the cancer spreading was made more difficult by the fact that I had shattered my leg. Having a bone replacement or anything similar was just not really an option because they had also attempted to restore the leg by inserting rods up my femur bone. The only thing that mattered was that I live.
The family was given two choices by the doctors.
She refers to one as “a full hip disarticulation,” which involved an amputation high in her hip socket.
I was a really active child and only a child, so I wanted to lead as regular a life as possible. However, this kind of leaves you with nothing to attach your prosthetic to, so you don’t have a knee joint.
The second alternative was a ground-breaking operation that was also the first of its kind to be done in New Zealand.
It was a rotationplasty, a procedure where the middle of the leg is cut off, turned 180 degrees, and then reattached to the thigh, allowing the ankle to function as the knee joint and her calf to function as the thigh.
“I was the first person in New Zealand to successfully undergo this kind of amputation,” Jessica claimed.
Jessica eventually discovered how to enjoy every moment of life and came to terms with who she is. She restored her self-confidence and inspired millions of people. She now has about a million followers on TikTok and is an influencer, model, and athlete.
“I wanted to break out of the stereotypical mold of the ideal physique that the media has created. I wanted to see people like myself depicted with actual bodies,” she told the New Zealand Herald.
Jessica responded to the query “Do you hide your insecurities?” in a well-known video she published. “I told myself when I was eight: cover your prosthetic leg so nobody looks. She captioned the video, which showed her initially pulling down her shorts to conceal her prosthetic before confidently posing and displaying it for everyone to see. “29-year-old me: no!” she wrote.
Even more proudly, she competed on Dancing With the Stars and contributed $55,000 to the New Zealand Child Cancer Foundation.
“I find it challenging just to walk, much less dance. That was the most I’ve ever gone outside of my comfort zone. “Seeing the impact my message has had on all these kids who ask me to take pictures with them is an awesome feeling,” she concluded.
She recently posted about her life and everything that she had experienced. Over a million people have seen her post. “Today, twenty-one years ago, I was carried into a 14-hour amputation that would, hopefully, save my life. After a protracted battle with cancer, I underwent my unusual surgery (see my other films) as a final resort to survive. It would be wonderful if I could travel back in time and explain to a younger version of myself the kind of life I would lead. To many more, she wished in her letter.
Despite the fact that she motivates a lot of people, there are still others who make unfavorable remarks.
She responded to the rude comments on a video of her growing pregnancy, saying, “I would like to see which man was this level of brave plz,” and “who the hell pregnant her.”
In response, Jessica said, “I HONESTLY do not feel depressed about things like this. The body I dwell in makes me genuinely proud. Knowing what I’ve been through to get here, I consider it all to be an amazing miracle. She stated, “I also love the community I have built; it just goes to show we can’t judge a book by [its] cover. These comments only appear when my videos go viral and are shared with people who haven’t followed my story.”
By writing sincere notes and demonstrating their support, her supporters. “The fact these comments don’t phase you Jess make you even more of an inspiration to me,” and “I always think how lonely, sad, and unfulfilled these faceless internet trolls are to write such things” are statements made by these anonymous internet trolls.
We hope Jessica never loses her upbeat outlook on life.
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