BRAVE AUSSIE I lost my legs but I’M A SURVIVOR
Lauren McDonough, 23, Greensborough, Vic
As I opened my eyes in bed, I felt a familiar crushing sensation in my chest.
I knew if I didn’t get up, I was going to be late for school. But I couldn’t move.
A black cloud was hanging over me.
‘I can’t go in today,’ I told my mum, Liz, when she came to check on me.
She didn’t argue. I was 15 years old, and for the last two
