Woman's Day

‘I HAD TO LOSE MY FEET TO STAY ALIVE’

This brave single mum should be dead according to her doctors. But through grit, determination and sheer bloody hard work, Stephenie Rodriguez has not only beaten the odds but also is walking, dancing and stand-up paddleboarding with her new bionic feet.

“I think I’m a work in progress,” Stephenie, 52, tells as she prepares to return to Africa, where her ordeal began two years ago in Nigeria when a mosquito

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