Kentucky nurse who became a quadruple amputee after routine kidney stone surgery led to sepsis WALKS on her new prosthetics for the first time at home

 The Kentucky nurse who lost all her limbs after going into septic shock is back home and using her prosthetics.

A series of photos shared to GoFundMe on April 19 shows Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, being held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on artificial legs.

The update was posted by Heather Beshears, a close friend who organized the fundraiser on behalf of Mullins' family.

'Happy tears are definitly flowing,' Beshears wrote in the caption of the new photos. 'She has been so ready to get this chapter started.'

'No looking back for this [chick].' 

Lucinda 'Cindy' Mullins, 41, is relearning how to walk with prosthetics after losing all her limbs earlier this year

Updates posted to GoFundMe show Mullins being held by her family as she takes her first steps at home on artificial legs

The Kentucky mother of two became a quadruple amputee following kidney stone treatment. When an unremoved kidney stone became infected, she went into septic shock

According to her husband, Mullins checked into the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital at the beginning of March

Mullins' husband, DJ, previously reported on March 8 that his wife was beginning intensive therapy as she took on the arduous task of relearning how to walk.

'As if she wasn’t strong enough, she’s about to get stronger,' DJ wrote.

'We just checked in to Cardinal Hill for a couple weeks of intense therapy to prepare her for the prosthetic journey she is about to begin.'

Mullins' loved ones have been providing a steady stream of updates, including photos shared at the end of February that showed her beaming beside her teenage son in his high school gymnasium, clad head-to-toe in spirit wear.

'Someone has been feeling better the last few days,' DJ wrote at the time. 'All those prayers continue to be answered!'

Mullins lost both her legs and arms when she was hospitalized in January. She originally went into treatment for kidney stones, which are hard balls of salt and minerals that form inside the body.

The doctor left a temporary stent in her body following the surgery to prevent blockage. When she removed the stent at home, as instructed, the mother of two began to feel ill and fell unconscious.

She was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors discovered that an unremoved kidney stone had become infected.

Mullins was told that she had gone into septic shock, with her organs beginning to shut down. Doctors stabilized her and placed on a ventilator before she was transported to a larger hospital in Lexington.

While her organ function began to improve after days of treatment, blisters broke out across her limbs - and she was told they would have to be amputated in order to save her life

Her condition has been on the upswing, and she even appeared at a high school pep rally with her teenage son. Mullins beamed beside her eldest boy and husband, DJ, in the February update

The certified medical assistant underwent a series of amputations concluding with the removal of her lower arms in February

Following hours of physical therapy sessions, Mullins regained her ability to eat by herself and learned to sit upright on her own

Over the next several days, while her organ function began to improve, blisters broke out across her limbs.

When she was conscious again, doctors told Mullins that she would survive the infection - at the cost of her hands and legs.

She underwent a series of amputations concluding with the removal of her lower arms in February.

Speaking to DailyMail.com in February, Mullins said she leaned on the comfort of knowing her family would be with her every step of the way.

'Surprisingly, I wasn't upset, I didn't question it. I wasn't angry,' Mullins said.

'I know there will be hard times ahead but just knowing I could see my kids again and that I had the support of my family, I think that gave me peace to be okay with it.'

Following hours of grueling physical therapy sessions, Mullins regained her ability to eat by herself using a specially adapted fork that is strapped to her arm.

She also learned to sit upright by herself and scroll on her phone using her nose.

There are changes that the whole family must get used to. Each morning, DJ must dress and wrap his wife's wounds to keep them clean and watertight.

But the 41-year-old says she is hopeful and determined to get back to her job as a certified medical assistant at Bates, Miller & Sims, a local family practice.

Mullins says she is determined to get back to her job at Bates, Miller & Sims, a local family practice based in Stanford

The Kentucky woman's loved ones and close friends have been providing a steady flow of updates to a GoFundMe page, which has turned into a sort of recovery journal

Mullins says her situation is not a 'sad story,' as she gets to be with her children and husband

The GoFundMe campaign has turned into a journal documenting Mullins' recovery.

'Cindy and her family will have to make a few adjustments to their home to accommodate Cindy's needs as well as her prosthetics and adaptive equipment,' Beshears wrote on the page.

'The costs of all of this can be overwhelming. We started this fundraiser because we want to support our hero Cindy, as well as her husband DJ who has been by her side every step of the way.' 

The campaign has raised more than $325,000 so far but has yet to meet its $350,000 goal.

'I just want people to know this is not a sad story,' Mullins said.

'This has a happy ending. I'm alive. I get to be with my children and my husband.'