A prosthetics patient who was left struggling as her foot kept breaking can finally move forward after the NHS agreed to provide her with a more robust leg.
Tuesday Mennie, from Aberdeen, encountered mobility problems as her prosthetic foot was designed for a child and kept cracking under her weight.
The 32-year-old’s plight was highlighted in The Sunday Post after she launched an appeal to raise £6,500 for a sturdier leg from a company in Manchester.
She reached her target after a well-wisher donated the final £1,500 she needed for a working foot so she could carry on walking her dog.
But this week Tuesday received the unexpected news that NHS Grampian will be fitting her with a replacement leg.
© Mhairi Edwards/DCT MediaA specialist at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen gave her the news when she went for an appointment because her artificial foot had again developed a crack.
She said: “They said they will make me a new one which would be a better fit.
“It’ll mean shaving down the toes so the foot still fits my shoes.
“I’m going to be giving back all the money that was donated.”
Admin assistant Tuesday has relied on an artificial leg since she was a toddler as she has a rare congenital disorder called Moebius Syndrome which means she was born without a left foot.
Her right foot is a child size 13 so her prosthetic needs to match it or she would be unbalanced.
NHS Grampian were unavailable for comment.
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