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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Joe Pagnelli

Dancer loses legs to unexplained blood clot but gets chance to waltz again thanks to ‘bionic limbs’

A dancer who lost both her legs to a life-threatening blood clot vows to waltz with her husband to the song that sealed their love on their 27th wedding anniversary thanks to her new bionic limbs.

A type one diabetic and acutely aware of circulation problems linked to the disease, when Jo Spencer, 54, woke up on the morning of April 30, 2020, to find her left toes had gone black and blue alarm bells rang and she wentTOPIC straight to hospital.

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