The Woman With Half a Body

I just saw part of a show on TLC called "The Woman With Half a Body". The lady's name is Rose and she was born with a rare disease called Sacral Agenesis. This disease left made her legs have no feeling and they were severely deformed. I guess her parents decided to have her legs amputated at an early age. So now Rose is physically half a woman.

She is married, and has children, two I think. I am watching another part of the segment right now that I missed earlier about her pregnancy. The doctors had advised her to abort because no one with this disease had ever been pregnant before and they were afraid of the risks for both her and the baby. I find this type of medical show fascinating. It is amazing to see people that get passed issues like this when I often get depressed about regular life issues. It really puts things into perspective.

I applaud their courage as a couple. It is hard enough making a marriage work under normal circumstances, let alone something this unusual. I mean her husband pulls her around on a skate board. I so not know if I could deal with something like that. People are going to stare of course, I mean it would be impossible for something like that to not catch your eye.

Aww,, she said the first thing she did when she got to see the baby after delivery is to count his little toes. She said when she counted all ten, she was at ease and knew things would be alright. Man I hardly feel like I can keep up with my three kids, let alone if I had no legs. She also has to take care of her father who has Alzheimer's and her brother who has mental problems. Wow,, quite a woman!