by Scott Walker

Imagine wanting to be a part of the military and halfway through boot camp, you get injured. It happens on a regular basis. In fact, it happened to Jimmy Jones in the 1980's, but Jimmy didn't give up.

The surgery proved to be successful enough for Jimmy to live a good life. He became a linemen and climbed utility poles on a regular basis. That is, he climbed poles until 2010. He had to undergo another surgery and the results were dramatically different.



Do to the MRSA (Mer-sa), doctors had to amputate his leg. After the surgery, he was wheelchair bound and fell into depression that lasted for years. Several years later it was an accident of falling down a flight of stairs that brought him out of that depression.

After undergoing a surgery on his other leg, receiving a prosthetic left knee and later a prosthetic right leg, his life started to change.

Jimmy was sent to the VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro to undergo rehabilitation. WGNS' Scott Walker was at the VA on Tuesday (7/31/18) when Jimmy walked out of the hospital on his own. Keep in mind, he was previously wheelchair bound since 2010...



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