SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com)?? It?s in with the new for Santa Ana fifth-grader Jacky Angeles ? a new prosthetic leg, to be exact.
The young cancer survivor who has seen the loss of both her mother, who died of cancer, and her father, who died suddenly in October, has been given the gift of a properly-fitting prosthetic leg.
?It was probably like walking around in shoes that were two sizes too small every day, all day,? said Ken Hung, a manager at the Hanger Clinic, which donated Jacky?s new leg.
The new leg is a bit of a marvel for Jacky, who had been wearing a 3-year-old prosthesis and walked with a pronounced limp. Jacky is still getting used to the new, properly-sized prosthesis and still has to be reminded to not watch her leg as she walks.
Donations from strangers poured in for the Hazard Elementary School student, after she lost her father Alberto, who managed her medical care.
?She?s had so much happen to her, and she?s still not really thinking about herself first, so we took it upon ourselves to help her, help her take care of herself,? Hung said.
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