Scots mum who lost hands and lower legs to sepsis will ride North Coast 500 on motorbike to raise funds for charity
dailyrecord.co.ukA woman who was the first person in Scotland to have a double hand transplant is preparing to travel along the North Coast 500 on a second-hand motorcycle in a fundraising challenge.
Quadruple amputee Cor Hutton is embarking on the adventure to raise money for the amputees supported by the charity she founded, Finding Your Feet.
The 52-year-old, from Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, had her hands and lower legs amputated in 2013 after suffering acute pneumonia and sepsis, which nearly killed her.
She was given a five per cent chance of survival, before doctors managed to perform life-saving surgery.The mum-of-one was fitted with prosthetic legs and, after five years of trying to find the right donor to match her own blood group, skin tone and hand size, she successfully underwent pioneering hand transplant surgery in 2019.
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