>>> HE IS A SEVENTH GRADER WITH
A VERY SUITE SWEET SOUL AND A
FIGHTING SPIRIT.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT DAKARAI
MOORE LAST SUMMER AFTER A FLESH
EATING DISEASE ALMOST TOOK HIS
LIFE.
>> HIS LEFT LEG HAD TO BE AM
TAILLIGHTED TO SAVE HIS LIFE
BUT THE BATTLE DIDN'T END
THERE.
>> I'M READY FOR IT.
AND I'M POSITIVE.
I'M STRONG.
>> BOY, IS HE STRONG.
RECENTLY THE DECISION WAS MADE
TO PERFORM YET ANOTHER
AMPUTATION SO DAKARAI COULD
LIVE HIS BEST LIFE.
>> HE IS EMBRACING HIS NEW
NORMAL WITH FAITH AND
DETERMINATION.
>> LAST NOVEMBER WE SHOWED YOU
HOW DAKARAI WAS ADAPTING TO
LOSETION ONE OF HIS LEGS.
-- LOSING ONE OF HIS LEGS.
>> GOD PUTS HIS TOUGHEST PEOPLE
THROUGH BITTER STRUGGLES.
>> HE IS JUST 12 YEARS OLD BUT
DAKARAI MOORE JR. HAS A SPIRIT
FAR BEYOND HIS YEARS.
>> LAST SUMMER DOCTORS WERE
FORCED TO AMPUTATE HIS LEFT LE
AFTER HE MYSTERIOUSLY CONTRACTED
A FLESH EATING DISEASE
NECROTIZING FASCITIS.
HIS PARENTS WENT TO SHRINER'S
HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO DOCUMENT
RIGHT LEG.
>> ME AND MY FAMILY PRAY.
FEELING PRETTY GOOD.
>> THE DISEASE HAD DESTROYED
MUCH OF THE LEG'S MUSCLE TISSUE
SEW WASN'T LEFT WITH MUCH
FEELING.
>>IT WAS HOLDING HIM DOWN.
SO IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE ABLE
TO GET THE PROSTHETIC HE HAD TO
HAVE THAM STATION WE HAD TO
-- HAVE THE AMPUTATION.
>> I'M READY FOR T. I'M
POSITIVE.
I'M STRONG.
>> AFTER A NINE-HOUR SURGERY
DAKARAI WING TO THIS.
>> I WAS HONEST ABOUT HOW WAYS
FEELING.
I SAID I -- HOW I WAS FEELING.
I SAID I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE
BEST OF IT.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS
DOING.
HE SAID IT IS GIVING HIM MORE
INDEPENDENCE.
>> I CAN GO UPSTAIRS.
I CAN GET OFF THE COUCH.
I CAN DO BENCH CURLS ON THE
BUNK BED.
>> HIS PARENTS ARE SEEING HEN
FEELING HIS JOY.
>> AS A MOM, I WOULD NEVER
THINK THAT MY SON WOULD ONE DAY
NOT HAVE BOTH HIS LEGS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS HAPPY FOR
ME TO SEE HIM DOING GOOD, YOU
KNOW, HIS HEALTH IS BETTER.
>> IT'S REAL JOY TO SEE THE
SMILE ON HIS FACE.
>> HE IS NOW FOCUSED ON
BUILDING UPPER BODY SEW CAN
PREPARE FOR PROSTHETICS.
>> HE SAYS HIS FUTURE WILL ALSO
FOR IDENTIFICATION ON SHARING
HIS STORY WITH OTHERS GOING
THROUGH A TOUGH TIME.
>> I'M SUPER PROUD OF HIM.
HE AMAZE ME AND A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE HE COME IN CONTACT WITH.
IT'S A REAL GENUINE SPIRIT AND
I LOVE HIM.
>> NO MATTER WHERE LIFE TAKE
HIM NEXT, HIS BAST BIGGEST
CHEER LEADERS WILL BE RIGHT BY
HIS SIDE.
>> ANYTHING HE NEED, ANYTHING,
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.
>> NOTHING WILL STOUP FROM
LIVING A LIFE -- STOP YOU FROM
LIVING A LIFE.
LIVE A LIFE LIKE YOU WANT TO
LIVE IT.
>> HE CATCHES IT.
.
>> DAKARAI JUST STARTED REHAB.
IT'S POSSIBLE HE COULD GET
PROSTHETIC LEGS IN THE NEXT
YEAR.
WE'LL BE THERE FOR THAT TOO.
>> HOW AMAZING TO HEAR THE
LITTLE BOY LAUGH AND BE SUCH AN