If it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you…and it was through the survival of a life threatening illness that Korrin’s life changed forever!
Late in 2012, Korrin went from a super fit, healthy and happy 33 year old to suddenly fighting for her life in hospital. A perforated bowel and medical complications led to 9 days in an induced coma, over 4 weeks in ICU, 25+ surgeries including the removal of her large colon, amputations to both legs and both arms and a total of 7.5 months in hospital doing extensive rehabilitation to learn to walk again and to try and live as independently as she possibly could, but… she never gave up!
Recently Korrin featured in the Australian magazine Take 5 and NZ magazine Lucky Break. She shared exactly how she became a Quad Amputee back in 2012 and how she has overcome this to empower others. You can read the article below (if you are unable to read the article here, p ..
Five years ago Korrin's life turned upside down when she contracted sepsis which resulted in amputations to her limbs. Find out the answers to questions she gets asked all the time! Made with funding from NZ On Air. Watch the video here: ..
When Korrin lost her hands and feet to septicaemia, Craig was by her side the whole time. Korrin had to learn to do everything again, from eating to walking to doing her make up. Life looks different now, as Korrin travels as a speaker but Craig is still right by her side and ..
Two amazing individuals come together to discuss how they have both overcome adversity and how they continue to make the most out of life! Korrin Barrett travelled all the way from Australia looking for a snow experience. While that might seem like a normal story, for Ko ..
Summary of Topics:
Resilience & Overcoming Adversity.
Building Your Personal Brand.
Why Goals are Good For You.
The Art of Appreciation.
Living a Life Less Ordinary.
Limbs,Laughter and Life.
Living Possibility.
Bullying & Body Image.
One of the many tasks I was required to do on my first day of OT training with my new Bebionic Small Hand...watch till the end, I have a lot to learn 😂 (https://m.facebook.com/korrinlivingpossibility/) ..
Here I am trialling the Steeper bebionic small hand...grip patterns are mastered, now I need to put them to everyday use :-) ..
I underwent bilateral below knee osseointegration in 2 stages...stage 1 on 1st June and stage 2 on 13th July. This is me 2 weeks post stage 2 walking on my brand new legs! ..
Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend So it turns out I'm allergic to Celebrex...just a simple little anti-inflammatory but not for me obviously after we figured out it was the culprit I was given Phenergan and a hydrocortisone injection...I zonked out about 20 min ..
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