A young mum is “happy to be alive” after being involved in a horror crash which caused her to lose one of her’s leg.
Ruby Flanagan, from Wirral, Merseyside was on her way to go shopping on Monday, with her nan in the car, when she was caught in a horror crash, Liverpool Echo reports.
However, despite losing one leg and nearly the other, the 24-year-old said she was “happy to be alive”.
Speaking out in an Instagram post, she wrote: “On the 16th August my life was completely changed because I was in a freak accident resulting in me losing my right leg, multiple fractures to my left leg, and a fractured pelvis.
“In just nine weeks so much has changed and I have come so far but I am happy to be alive.
“I’m so thankful to the NHS for saving my left leg and my life. I’m also thankful to the public for initially saving my life before the paramedics arrived so thank you.
“I cannot fault the care I have received, the staff at Aintree Hospital have truly gone above and beyond.
“I truly am blessed with the best. The support, love and positivity I have behind me is truly what helps me through these hard times.”
Ruby was on her way shopping, outside an Aldi, with her son Leon and nan.
She was crushed between a silver Mercedes and a blue Volkswagen when trying to cross a zebra crossing.
Ruby was called a hero for throwing her five-month-old baby to safety.
Shopworkers rushed out to help her, and her son Leon and nan who was with them.
The nurse, who works in Arrowe Park Hospital, was airlifted to Aintree Hospital after the crash and was forced to have her right leg amputated and the other reconstructed and put in a stabilising cage.
It has taken nine operations since the original crash to save her other leg and deal with other injuries including a shattered pelvis.
She shared her progress and is now able to bend her left knee after surgeons reconstructed her leg.
She has also started her own fundraiser, where over £90,000 has already been raised, this is on top of another fundraiser, hosted by her sisters-in-law, which has raised a total of £2,000.
