Royston toddler learning to walk with prosthetic foot after rare pregnancy complication [Video]

At 16 months, Bentley is one of the youngest amputees in physical therapy at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, but he is also one of the most determined. 

“He’s resilient, very resilient, and hard-headed,” his father, Daniel Vaughn says. “He sees his brother try to climb, and he’s there trying to climb with him.” 

Jill Cannoy is Bentley Vaughn’s physical therapist. 

“He’s pretty easy to work with,” Cannoy says.  “He’s very motivated, especially by his brother.” 

And the story of how Bentley Vaughn ended up here, adjusting to life with a prosthetic left foot, began with a problem while Alana Vaughn was still pregnant. 

What is twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome?

Bentley and Owen Vaughn developed twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a kind of uneven blood flow in the uterus. 

“We did not realize that that was going on until the day they were born,” Alana Vaughn, their mother, says. 

Owen Vaughn was supplying too much nutrient-rich blood to Bentley; their parents were told. 

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