Learning to Walk

On June 12 2000 Lisa Burnette entered the Royal London Hospital suffering from meningococcal septicaemia - a life-threatening infection. After the removal of her legs nine operations and five months in hospital Lisa began a gruelling recovery process. Moving back to her native Australia Lisa had to leave behind the carefree lifestyle of her early twenties and begin a new life; life as an amputee. It was to be the start of a powerful journey for Lisa. Of the strenuous physical challenges to recovery mapped against the inevitable emotional hurdles. It has been a journey with numerous layers a journey she continues to this day and a journey that Lisa now makes step by step.