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The Kentucky mother-of-two who lost all her limbs after a kidney stone infection turned them septic has been pictured beaming alongside her family members.
Cindy Mullins’ life was turned upside down after she had a quadruple amputation – but her wounds are healing and she is ‘feeling better,’ her husband DJ announced.
Mullins, 41, sat in her wheelchair inside the Lincoln County High School gymnasium, clad head-to-toe in spirit wear and sporting a huge grin alongside her teenage son.
‘Someone has been feeling better the last few days,’ DJ wrote about his wife. ‘All those prayers continue to be answered!’
An earlier photo from February 22 showed her dozing off in the car on the way to a doctor’s appointment in Lexington with an update: ‘Her arms are healing up nicely.’
Lucinda ‘Cindy’ Mullins, 41, appeared in photos alongside her son and husband as she recovers from a quadruple amputation
The Kentucky woman was said to be ‘feeling better’ as she beamed next to family members
Mullins lost both her legs and arms last month when a kidney stone infection led to sepsis and doctors were forced to amputate her limbs to save her life
Mullins lost both her legs and arms when she was hospitalized last month. She originally went into treatment for kidney stones, which are hard balls of salt and minerals that form inside the body.
However, an infection led to sepsis and Mullins was transferred from the University of Kentucky Medical Center to a local hospital, where she laid under sedation for several days.
The mom only learned upon waking up that she had survived the infection – at the expense of her limbs. Doctors said the quadruple amputation was necessary to save her life.
‘I just want people to know this is not a sad story,’ Mullins told DailyMail.com earlier this month. ‘This has a happy ending. I’m alive. I get to be with my children and my husband.’
Following hours of grueling physical therapy sessions, Mullins regained her ability to eat by herself using a specially adapted fork 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 wrap his wife’s wounds to keep them clean and watertight.
But the 41-year-old said she is hopeful and determined to get back to her job as a certified medical assistant at Bates, Miller & Sims, a local family practice.
‘I just want people to know this is not a sad story,’ Mullins told DailyMail.com. This has a happy ending. I’m alive. I get to be with my children and my husband’
The 41-year-old has learned to sit upright and eat using a special fork following hours of grueling physical therapy
A GoFundMe campaign has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover fees associated with prosthetics and home adjustments
Mullins is determined to get back to her job as a certified medical assistant as soon as she recovers
The GoFundMe campaign was organized by a close friend, Heather Beshears, and has turned into a journal documenting Mullins’ recovery.
‘Cindy and her family will have to make a few adjustments to their home to accommodate Cindy’s needs as well as her prosthetics and adaptive equipment,’ Beshears wrote on the page.
‘The costs of all of this can be overwhelming. We started this fundraiser because we want to support our hero Cindy, as well as her husband DJ who has been by her side every step of the way.’
The campaign has raked in over $300,000 so far.
