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<v Woman>Chase is amazing and resilient.</v>

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He's never felt sorry for himself.

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<v Voiceover>A man and woman</v>

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<v Woman>And we never wanted him to</v>

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<v Voiceover>Text: Meet Chase.</v>

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<v Chase>Some people say you can't play this.</v>

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Instead, I just prove it to them and show them how I do it.

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<v Voiceover>Text: He likes math, video games and sports.</v>

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<v Chase>I like running because I can beat</v>

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everyone in my family except one. My Dad.

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<v Voiceover>Runs on prosthetics</v>

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<v Man>When you first see Chase,</v>

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the first immediate response is

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people figure he was born that way.

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What happened was he got diagnosed with the flu.

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A really severe form of the flu,

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which put him into septic shock.

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And the septic shock basically shut down all his organs.

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<v Voiceover>Text: the medicine that saved his life,</v>

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also cost him his limbs.

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<v Woman>When Chase came home from the hospital,</v>

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I was pregnant. And when he was done with rehab

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and he was actually home on a full-time basis,

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Cole was here.

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I had to juggle three boys,

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one that needed special help and a newborn.

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So the voice remote was a godsend.

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<v Voiceover>Chase uses the remote</v>

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<v Chase>Accessibility.</v>

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<v Woman>It allowed him to be a lot more independent.</v>

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Of course it presented some problems with the two older

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boys cause they fight over everything

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but that's them being boys.

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And coming home to hearing the bickering and everything.

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It just made it even better.

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<v Voiceover>Boys laugh and play</v>

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<v Woman>For a long time our house was very quiet</v>

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<v Voiceover>An empty family room</v>

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Text: Chase continues to show his resilience.

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<v Man>We're fortunate that we now understand</v>

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that life doesn't end in terms when

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you're losing and missing a limb.

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And Chase continues to teach us every day,

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how strong and how powerful he is.

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<v Voiceover>He drums.</v>

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<v Chase>I like being independent.</v>

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It makes me feel good.

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Instead of just calling my mom or dad.

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<v Man>For a while there, we were worried about him,</v>

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gaining that same level of confidence

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that our other children were gaining.

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But as Chase learned and he's demonstrated

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and using technology, it allowed him

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to really gain that confidence.

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<v Woman>The future is going to be very bright for Chase.</v>

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<v Voiceover>Family runs.</v>

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<v Woman>We are not afraid of</v>

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what he might not be able to do.

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We just see everything that he can do

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And what he will be able to do

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Today it's a football coach.

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Tomorrow might be an astronaut.

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<v Man>That's right</v>

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<v Woman>But because of technology,</v>

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he'll be able to do anything.

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<v Voiceover>Chase plays, runs, and laughs outside</v>

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with his mother, father, and three brothers.

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