Philly woman who lost her limbs to COVID: ‘I’m learning to love this body all over again’

Candice Davis wheeled out the front door of Good Shepherd Penn Partners on Friday to raucous cheers.

“I feel amazing,” she said outside the rehab clinic, swaying to music on a boom box someone had set up. “It’s a beautiful celebration. I feel stronger, and this just encourages me more, having people like this around me.” Davis was stunned at the news, but quickly adapted: “I was sad, but I’m more than my arms. I’m more than my limbs,” she said in an interview last fall. At the time, she was looking forward to rehab, and urging people to get vaccinated. She was unvaccinated when she contracted COVID.After transferring to Good Shepherd, she began working with occupational therapist Julie Parana and physical therapist Chris Gorrell, who had heard of Davis long before she arrived.

“I know it took a while, but I knew she would pull through,” her father, Charles Davis, a former Army sergeant, said, misty-eyed. “Being a vet, they tell you, ‘Don’t cry, be tough.’ But when it comes to your kids, it’s a different story. I’m so happy I don’t have any words.” Though her optimism is her signature feature, she’s realistic about the challenges ahead. Already, she is wrangling with insurance companies for improved prosthetics. ”You have to show insurance companies why you need them, and they’re like, ‘As long as you can feed yourself, you’re good.’ But life is more than feeding myself,” she said.“I still have days where I might cry — usually when I feel like my independence is gone,” she said.

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