In life we keep complaining about what is or why we don't have.Half
of the time we seem dissatisfied, though full-bodied and free to
choose.Fat people say, "I want to be slim." Skinny people say, "I want
to be fatter."
Poor people want to be rich and rich are never satisfied with what they have.
Poor people want to be rich and rich are never satisfied with what they have.
PENG Shuilin
is 78 cms high. He was born in Hunan Province, China. On March 9, 2004
in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half. His lower body
and legs were beyond repair.
Surgeons
sewed up his torso. At 43, Peng Shuilin spent nearly two years in
hospital in Shenzhen, southern China, undergoing a series of operations
to re-route nearly every major organ or system inside his body. Peng
kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and
brushing his teeth.
He survived against all odds. Now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again after a decade.
In
2007, doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing
devised an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a
sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body, with two bionic
legs attached.
It
took careful consideration, skilled measurement and technical
expertise. Peng has been walking the corridors of Beijing Rehabilitation
Centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a re-sized
walking frame.
RGO
is a recipicating gait orthosis, attached to a prosthetic socket
bucket. There is a cable attached to both legs so when one goes forward,
the other goes backwards. Rock to the side, add a bit of a twist and
the leg without the weight on it advances, while the other one stays
still, giving a highly inefficient way of ambulation. Oh so satisfying
to 'walk' again after ten years with half a body!
Hospital vice-president Lin Liu said: "We've just given him a checkup; he is fitter than most men his age."
Peng Shuilin has opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store. This inspirational amputee has now become a businessman and he serves as a role model for other amputees.
At just 2 ft 7ins tall, he moves around in a wheelchair giving lectures on recovery from disability. His attitude is amazing, he doesn't complain.
"He had good care, but his secret is cheerfulness. Nothing ever gets him down."
Peng Shuilin has opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store. This inspirational amputee has now become a businessman and he serves as a role model for other amputees.
At just 2 ft 7ins tall, he moves around in a wheelchair giving lectures on recovery from disability. His attitude is amazing, he doesn't complain.
"He had good care, but his secret is cheerfulness. Nothing ever gets him down."
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