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The Kentucky nurse who lost all her limbs after going into septic shock is back home and using her prosthetics.
A series of photos shared to GoFundMe on April 19 shows Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, being held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on artificial legs.
The update was posted by Heather Beshears, a close friend who organized the fundraiser on behalf of Mullins' family.
'Happy tears are definitly flowing,' Beshears wrote in the caption of the new photos. 'She has been so ready to get this chapter started.'
'No looking back for this [chick].'
Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, is relearning how to walk with prosthetics after losing all her limbs earlier this year
Updates posted to GoFundMe show Mullins being held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on artificial legs
The Kentucky mother of two became a quadruple amputee following kidney stone treatment. When an unremoved kidney stone became infected, she went into septic shock
According to her husband, Mullins checked into the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital at the beginning of March
Mullins' husband, DJ, previously reported on March 8 that his wife was beginning intensive therapy as she took on the arduous task of relearning how to walk.
'As if she wasn’t strong enough, she’s about to get stronger,' DJ wrote.
'We just checked in to Cardinal Hill for a couple weeks of intense therapy to prepare her for the prosthetic journey she is about to begin.'
Mullins' loved ones have been providing a steady stream of updates, including photos shared at the end of February that showed her beaming beside her teenage son in his high school gymnasium, clad head-to-toe in spirit wear.
'Someone has been feeling better the last few days,' DJ wrote at the time. 'All those prayers continue to be answered!'
Mullins lost both her legs and arms when she was hospitalized in January. She originally went into treatment for kidney stones, which are hard balls of salt and minerals that form inside the body.
The doctor left a temporary stent in her body following the surgery to prevent blockage. When she removed the stent at home, as instructed, the mother of two began to feel ill and fell unconscious.
She was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors discovered that an unremoved kidney stone had become infected.
Mullins was told that she had gone into septic shock, with her organs beginning to shut down. Doctors stabilized her and placed on a ventilator before she
