Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Orthotics and Prosthetics Program.Saturday's ride was the result of a new partnership between Children'sand McKeever's First Ride.Deenie McKeever started the program three years to honor her late father, Dan McKeever, a pioneer in the orthotic and prosthetic field."He wanted to see people be the best they could be and stretch for that, and that's what these children are doing today," said Deenie McKeever. "We've found that as they ride, the horse's movement feels like their legs moving. So it feels like they're walking with their own legs."
Jayden House of Kennesaw was all smiles as he rode atop an Appaloosa named "Dixie."House had a birth defect and began wearing a prosthetic leg when he was just 18 months old.
"He's doing awesome," said Jayden's mother, Jessica."He's amazed me. He's a courageous little boy." Samantha Fraser of Dunwoody wore a pair of cowboy boots for the ride. She loves horses so much that she has a horse design on her prosthetic leg."She's not afraid of anything," said Samantha's mother, Susan.
