Spotlight Profiles (stories of our members, caregivers, volunteers

Sheila lost her lower right arm due to complications from lupus. She is learning to use her new prosthetic arm, and has a strong support system in her husband, Gary, their family, and church community.

Janet is a double-below-knee amputee who lost her legs and some of her fingers when she suddenly became sick and suffered from sepsis. Coming back from the brink of death, Janet is a fighter who has moved forward, learned to walk, drive, and even ski with her two prosthetic legs!

Many of us have been fortunate to have one or more people in our lives who have been our caregivers: spouses, parents, friends, neighbors, children. We lean on them for different needs, and we couldn’t exist without them. This is the story of Kathie and her caregiver and husband, David – a love story. 

Olga was a 48-year old, bilateral below-knee amputee from Floresville, Texas. She lost her legs and parts of fingers due to complications from diabetes. She was one of 18 children, born and raised on the west side of San Antonio. 

Horitius Jen Lee and I sat down for a vegan lunch, a healthy meal for the Paralympic hockey sled champion. Jen, born Jen Yung Lee in Taiwan in 1986, moved to the San Francisco Bay area at the age of 8 along with his parents and two older sisters. His uncle decided the three children should have more American-sounding names, so he dubbed them Angela, Janice and Horitius (pronounced Ho-RAY-shee-us). He went by “Horitius” throughout his school years.