Stevens said: “I don’t know if I will fall on my face, but I will try to avoid falling.” Stevens said that if she can’t walk all the way, she will use her wheelchair.

“I want to do this for everyone who is helpful to me. Everyone who gives me a reason can continue to do this. So all the nurses, all the doctors and all the staff in the Ottawa Hospital can do this.”

Stevens was one of at least 35 people who were injured on January 11, 2019, when the double-decker bus she was riding on crashed into a canopy at Westboro station.

Three other people were killed in the crash. Stevens was sitting on the upper deck of the bus, and the violent impact pushed the rows of seats back, securing her and crushing her legs.

Owned by bus driver Aissatou Diallo Not guilty of all 38 dangerous driving charges against her Related to collisions. Her trial is in progress.

A positive attitude helps recovery

Stevens said that she is not focused on the outcome of the trial, because nothing that happens in the court will change her own personal outcome.

Stevens said: “My mentality has always been that nothing can break me, nothing can disappoint me.”

Dr. Nancy Dudek, medical director of the Ottawa Hospital’s amputation program, said that this positive attitude helped Stevens recover.

Dudek, who has been working with Stevens shortly after the crash, said: “In most cases, her situation is far from what she has been able to achieve so far. .”

“Not only must she learn to adapt to a completely different body…but frankly, she must start to develop a much higher level of physical fitness than before the injury.”

Watch | The doctor described the “impressive” progress of bus crash survivors:

Dr. Nancy Dudek, Medical Director of the Ottawa Hospital’s Amputee Program, said it was impressive to watch Marcie Stevens adapt to her prosthesis, because using a prosthesis requires a certain amount of physical adaptation. Sex, this is a challenge for anyone. 1:15

Through diet and exercise, Stevens lost nearly 30 kilograms of weight, which made her activities on the prosthesis easier.

She recently called her home gym “Iron Hell” and was encouraged by actor and retired professional wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Johnson replied on Twitter: “Iron Hell sounds like my paradise.” “It’s time to catch up with Marcie.”

Walk like a marathon

Stevens said that she consumes 300% more oxygen when she walks, so it feels like a marathon on stilts.

She hopes to adapt to the bendable knee joint soon, which will give her greater freedom of movement, but she said that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent border blockade have slowed this process.

Despite the setbacks, Dudek said Stevens did not slow down, which is also inspiring for other patients in the hospital.

Stevens said: “It’s really humble. I never intended to be a source of inspiration.” “I feel honored for myself, but I just want to do the best I can.”

Due to the pandemic, the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend became a virtual race again, and participants must complete the race of their choice between May 1 and May 31.

Stevens plans to complete her two-kilometer walk on May 16.