Selah’s Story

Gillette, Wyo.

Selah Brunner practices her routine on the balance beam June 11, 2024, as her coach Genetha Tolar helps Lily Gomez, 9, with hers at Wyoming Academy of Gymnastics and Dance in Gillette, Wyo.

Magnolia Edwards, 7, compares shirts with Selah Brunner as Aubrey Beam, 9, and Lilly Gomez, 9, put their shoes on after gymnastics practice June 11, 2024, at Wyoming Academy of Gymnastics and Dance in Gillette, Wyo.

Certified prosthetist-orthotist Brodie Rice works with Selah Brunner June 13, 2024, to adjust her prosthesis at Pivot Prosthetics and Orthotics in Gillette, Wyo. Brodie Rice has worked with Selah to ensure maximum comfort while she uses and continues to master her prosthetic leg.

Selah Brunner, 8, runs on a treadmill June 17, 2024, during a physical therapy session at Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyo. Selah is working with physical therapist Lisa Haugen as she continues to improve her mobility with her prothesis that uniquely has a knee joint.

Selah Brunner’s prothesis sits on Brodie Rice’s work bench June 13, 2024, at Pivot Prosthetics and Orthotics in Gillette, Wyo. Brodie Rice is a certified prosthetist-orthotist who has been working with Selah and the Brunner family to design and build Selah’s prosthetic leg. Selah’s leg is adjustable in ten areas and uniquely has a knee joint which she can operate even though she is lacking a hip joint to control such movement.

Selah Brunner works with physical therapist Lisa Haugen June 17, 2024, at Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyo.

Selah Brunner warms up doing split kicks as Kimi Dowdy helps keeps count during her gymnastics practice June 11, 2024, at Wyoming Academy of Gymnastics and Dance in Gillette, Wyo.

Selah Brunner, accompanied with her dad, Paul and brother Noah, 13, talks with certified prosthetist-orthotist Brodie Rice June 13, 2024, during a prosthetics appointment at Pivot Prosthetics and Orthotics in Gillette, Wyo.

Selah Brunner winces as her brother Noah, 13, tries to braid her wet hair at their family home June 24, 2024, in Rozet, Wyo. Selah just finished getting ready for bed after a family dinner which is a rare occurrence for the Brunner family since they are juggling the schedules of four kids, Selah, 8, Eli, 11, Noah, 13, and Dottie, 14.

Selah Brunner rides on the front of her brother Noah’s bike as her mom Mary walks behind them June 24, 2024, during a family walk after dinner at their house in Rozet, Wyo.