GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The West Michigan man who underwent four amputation surgeries after a strange case of strep throat has had a busy summer.
Thanks to prosthetics, Kevin Breen of Alto is now out of a wheelchair and walking. He even went wakesurfing — it was his goal for the summer.
“It was awesome,” Breen said Wednesday. “I didn’t go for very long, but still I was able to get up and that was a big accomplishment for me. That was a big deal.”
It’s a huge deal when you look at where he started. It’s a miracle that he’s even alive. Breen survived a strong strain of strep that traveled to his stomach. Doctor’s couldn’t save his extremities because the blood had left them — a last-ditch effort by his body to save his failing vital organs.
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