Ruth Codd Announces Second Leg Amputation

Irish actress and TikTok star Ruth Codd has announced that she recently underwent a second below-knee leg amputation, sharing the news in a candid video posted to her social media account.

Codd, 29, first lost her right leg at age 23 due to complications from a football injury she sustained at 15. The injury caused nerve damage and chronic pain that multiple surgeries could not resolve. Over the years, reliance on crutches led to further deterioration in her remaining leg, including the amputation of her toes and severe joint damage that doctors could no longer repair. In her TikTok update, filmed from her parents' house, Codd explained that the procedure was a decision aimed at improving her quality of life. "It was just my quality of life and it's never going to get any better from this point so they can only really stop it from getting worse," she said in a separate Instagram video while getting a tattoo.

Addressing her 200,000 followers directly, Codd balanced the revelation with her signature humor. "Hi guys, so I have some good news and some bad news," she began. "Good news, we've had a full circle moment, I'm back making TikTok content in my parents house. Bad news, I...