The prosthetic's cool, but the rest of the article is even better. She sounds like a really inspirational person - discounting the amputation, mind you.

She has been to university twice, married, had a daughter and travelled the world - on her own. Vessey achieved another of her life's goals, to work under the United Nations, when she taught English for two years in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. She currently works in the Auckland prison teaching prisoners about computers[.]

Wow!