Karen S.‘s Story

Posted by Karen S.
Posted: Wed, April 15 2009 at 6:25pm

“All I ask is ‘give me a chance.’  Proving there’s nothing I can’t do is the easy part.”

Karen S.

Highway Emergency Response Operator, Firefighter, Mother.

Karen S. knows how to move forward—usually at full steam. After suffering the loss of her right leg to a farm machinery accident as a toddler, she’s been tearing through life with a passion and knows that there’s nothing that can stop her.

Presently a HERO (Highway Emergency Response Operator) for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Karen has also worked as a firefighter (the first female above-knee amputee firefighter in the nation), police dispatcher, and criminal detention officer. She’s also set her sights on her next goal of becoming a law enforcement officer.

Since being fit with Otto Bock HealthCare’s C-Leg®, she knows she’s got the right tools to keep working towards her dream. Although she’s worn other prosthetic systems over the years, Karen says that the C-Leg® is the first leg that can keep up with her.  Coming from a woman who spends her days climbing ladders, fighting fires and responding to emergencies, that’s no small compliment.