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Podcast: Once Upon A Gene
Episode: Next Steps - A Journey Through CRPS to an Above the Knee Amputee with Whitney Lavender
Description: Next Steps: A Journey Through CRPS to an Above-the-Knee Amputee with Whitney LavenderWhitney Lavender lives in Texas with her husband and two sons. I discovered her through her advocacy on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She was taking a walk one day and had an accident that changed her life forever. The accident even led to the discovery of another rare disease she was unknowingly dealing with. Whitney has lived with excruciating pain for years, has been in the hospital alone during Covid and had her leg amputated while isolated from her family. Whitney is an...