My Husband Left After Our Daughter Lost Both Her Legs—Twenty Years Later, Her Award Speech Left Him in Tears

Then four more.

For weeks doctors fought to save them.

Eventually they couldn’t.

The infections spread too quickly.

Both legs were amputated above the knee.

Sophie was six years old.

I still remember the first time she woke up after the final surgery.

She looked down at the blanket.

Then back at me.

Then down again.

“Mommy?”

My heart stopped.

“Yes, baby?”

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