LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Kentucky Veteran is grateful to a UofL doctor who helped him walk again.

William Quinn of Lexington is a proud veteran.

“I’m Army, Army National Guard,” Quinn said.

Quinn has led an active life, so, when it got hard to move, life got really hard.

“Talk about depression, depression is real,” Quinn said. “I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t mow the lawn. I couldn’t go upstairs.”

Quinn went to the doctor. He said an orthopedic surgeon at a Kentucky hospital told him he needed hip surgery. But, unfortunately, he said the procedure the doctor performed late last year only complicated his issues and left him in further pain. Quinn couldn’t walk, was wheelchair bound, and couldn’t work anymore.

“I have a psychiatrist that I see and he asked me ‘are you suicidal?’ and I sa

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