Photo Gallery: Therapist Brings Man Steps Closer To Mobile Recovery With New Technology

Arlington TX

24 March, 2022

3:37 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report March 23, 2022 Fort Worth resident Cody Longenbaugh, an orthotics and prosthetics assistant at Baker Orthotics & Prosthetics, underwent a transfemoral amputation surgery, or above-knee amputation surgery, weeks after his birth. "I lost my leg to a blood clot from a needle stick in my femoral artery. I lost blood flow for about six hours and I don't know any different," Longenbaugh said. "I learned how to walk on a prosthesis at one-and-a-half (years old.)" In February 2021, Longenbaugh purchased Össur's Power Knee after he was a part of a beta test trial. Now, he helps other prosthetic users, including Austin resident Benjamin Cromwell, in their journey to recovery. Cromwell lost both legs to hypercoagulability, an increased susceptibility to developing blood clots, a complication of COVID-19 — his right leg was amputated below the knee and his left leg above the knee. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.