Monday, November 4, 2013
Half Man in Full Spirits!!!
Peng Shuilin was born in Hunan Province of China.
In 1995, in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half. His lower body and legs were beyond repair. Surgeons sewed up his torso. At this stage, he measured just 78 cm!
Peng spent nearly two years in hospital in Shenzhen, undergoing a series of operations to re-route nearly every major organ or system inside his body.
As you can imagine, the pain and effort were excruciating, but this man didn’t know defeat and has an unbelievably positive attitude.
Peng kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and brushing his teeth. He survived against all odds. In fact, his recovery has amazed surgeons.
Then he decided to re-learn to walk, with only an upper body.
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.
When he swings one side of the torso it causes that side leg to go forward, and the other to go back, allowing him to walk by moving his torso.
He’s doing well now and has opened his own bargain supermarket – called the Half Man-Half Price Store. That’s incredible.
He also visits hospitals and travels giving lectures on recovering from disabilities. He is a role model for the disabled, and amazing perspective for those of us who are incredibly fortunate.
In 1995, in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half. His lower body and legs were beyond repair. Surgeons sewed up his torso. At this stage, he measured just 78 cm!
Peng kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and brushing his teeth. He survived against all odds. In fact, his recovery has amazed surgeons.
Then he decided to re-learn to walk, with only an upper body.
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.
When he swings one side of the torso it causes that side leg to go forward, and the other to go back, allowing him to walk by moving his torso.
He’s doing well now and has opened his own bargain supermarket – called the Half Man-Half Price Store. That’s incredible.
He also visits hospitals and travels giving lectures on recovering from disabilities. He is a role model for the disabled, and amazing perspective for those of us who are incredibly fortunate.
