Loren Schauers suffered life-changing injuries when a forklift caused him to be amputated from the waist down.
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In 2019, he had been working a construction job when he was injured.
"I'll always remember that day. I got in the forklift, and I was asked to move a water barrier back into place," Schauers said. "I sank immediately into such an angle that I started to slow tip up and go down towards a 50-foot drop of a hill. Next thing I know, I'm watching this forklift roll downward towards me."
Sadly, doctors were forced to perform a hemicorporectomy and amputate everything below his waist. Despite the disability, he is still living his life and the subject of the series One Day in My Body. He's hopeful the show can inspire others.
Amputated Below Belly
"I wanted to be featured on 'One Day in My Body' in order to help show others in similar situations to me and the others on the show that you can still live a full life even if you've been through something painful and terrible," Schauers told The New York Post. "I feel like it's very important to show both the good and bad of life with a disability."
Despite his injuries, his wife Sabia Reiche stayed with him and continued to support him.
"When we were brought to Loren's room, because he was already amputated so much, he was taking up such a small amount of the bed," she recalled. "I was convinced we were in the wrong room. I thought we were in a kid's room."
She has helped him in the years since the amputation. Schauers learned to get around after having his legs amputated using a wheelchair. He also has a sitting apparatus that help him sit straight.
"By the six-month mark, I was sitting up by myself, getting up at 8, 9:00 in the morning, emptying my pee bag, brushing my teeth," Schauers said, "getting ready for the day by myself before my wife was even awake."
In the years since, Schauer has continued to have health problems, including a kidney infection, but he's not letting anything keep him down.
