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Hello, my name is Nataly Guadalupe Alfaro Mejía and I want to tell you how my prosthesis has changed my life.

My accident occurred on May 22, 2019. I was 8 years old and it was very hard to see that both of my left limbs were amputated. It was difficult to take it in at that very moment when I realized that I was in a coma in the hospital, but the truth is that it just happened. At that moment I couldn't believe what had happened, but after I woke up and a few months passed, I got over it with the help of my dad and I was discharged. I returned home and my whole family welcomed me, they gave me a lot of love. After a month, what had happened to me no longer affected me. When I found myself without my two left limbs that had been amputated, I got over it and saw myself as everyone else. Then they enrolled me in a school and that's where I felt a little strange. It was difficult but I overcame it and I told myself that the important thing is that I survived and that I can continue my studies after going to school. It was very difficult for me because I walked with only one leg. It was very difficult for my dad because he helped me walk and it was very difficult but a lot of time passed later and I had never imagined that after three years of walking with one leg I would have the opportunity to walk again with two, this happened on the 6th. May 2022, exactly the same month as my accident where I saw a post that said they were going togiving prostheses in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador and when my dad saw that publication he quickly contacted those people for whom I thank him very much today. We arrived at the place where they were going to be and I couldn't believe it. That day I cried a lot with emotion and happiness because I was going to be able to walk with all the people. From that moment on it was a change.
extraordinary wonderful because after putting in a lot of effort to walk with one leg I was going to be able to walk with a prosthesis. It is something that changed my life in an incredible way. Now I go to school and I walk excellently. It is no longer difficult for me to go to the bathroom or buy snacks or explore what that there is in school at home, I practice a lot with my prosthesis to adapt well to it. Now I can go to the park and walk without difficulty. I have thought that,

"If you have a disability, it's not your place to be depressed about what happened to you. If you look at your disability differently, you can see it as if you were a very, very different person from everyone else." because you have an extraordinary talent no matter what has happened to you, you are a person with something that makes you different from others.

Today I feel very grateful to Bran Copes and Johnny Morgan for giving me a prosthesis and I am very proud of them for changing my life.