Hip disarticulation is "a high-level injury," Kuenzi said. When a patient still has some femur and thigh left, it can provide not just a place to attach the prosthesis, but also the forward motion ...

Eventually they had to do the hip disarticulation." But Fielding realizes the outcome still could have been much worse. "We're both lucky to be alive," Fielding said.

The hip joint is disarticulated; he still has his pelvis. But he doesn’t have a femur coming out of there.” The Future for Ukraine Foundation decided to help Chaika find a prosthetics clinic.