life.41 year old brian kleis... isn't your average fan.he now the movie series every day to battle medical challenges. challenges.in connection with diversity focus, here is this week's voices of diversity. diversity. ""click." "click." "t"tt's the click k heararn the mornings."with just a click, 41-year-old brian kleis wears his love for star wars every day. day. "going to see the original star wars movie way back when was one of the earliest memories i have."his prothestic leg - is specially built - as these early memories inspire him to fight through the medical challenges he's faced for years. years. "i got diabetes when i was 14."diabetes - then kidney failure and a kidney and pancreas transplant.that triggered his low immune system - and the cut he got on his leg at the hospital never healed. healed."the cut got infected. and after a couple of months they ended up havingngo take off my leg." leg."but six months ago - "we give people the option for people if they want to provide some kind of a fabric or a favor

life.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee is here to bring us his story. 41 year old brian kleis isn't your verage star wars fan. fan.his love for the movie series started at a young age. but his medical challenges also started in his teenage years.first he got diabetes - then he had kidney failure, which caused him to get a a kidney and pancreas transplant. his low immune system caused a cut on his leg to get an infection .doctors had to amputate that, but six months ago - he got a special prosthetic leg crafted to have a star wars theme.all he had to choose was the fabric to go on it.brian says it's his way characters. and vader - the empire - the sith lord, have had limbs taken off. luke lost his hand, vader has had most of him burnt or taken off." off."the erican prosthetics and orthotics office where ian got his leg sayaythey also added a foot.this helps with shock absorption and walking on uneven pavement. steffi lee, cbs 2 news. a cool windy day in eastern iowa, but warmper temperatures are on the way. way.justin roberts is in for chief meteorologist terry swails and has your cbs 2 l

with just a click, 41-year-old brian kleis wears his love for day. "going to see the original star wars movie way back when was one of the earliest memories i have."his prothestic leg - is specially built - as these early memories inspire him to fight through the medical challenges he's faced for years. years. "i got diabetes when i was 14."diabetes - then kidney failure and a kidney and pancreas transplant.that triggered his low immune system - and the cut he got on his leg at the hospital never healed. healed."the cut got infected. and after a couple of months they ended up having to take off my leg." leg."but six months ago - "we give people the option for people if they want to provide some kind of a fabric or a favorite t-shirt." shirt."prosthetists at the iowa city american prosthetics and orthotics hand delivered him a star wars themed prosthetic leg he designed. designed."it took me 8 hours and a quiilt shop to find ." ." "we were able to provide him with a foot - which gives him some added capabilities of shock absorption, and axio rotation

with just a click, 41-year-old brian kleis wears his love for star wars every day. day. "going to see the original star wars movie way back when was one of the earliest memories i have."his prothestic leg - is specially built - as these early memories inspire him to fight through the medical challenges he's faced for years. years. "i got diabetes when i i failure and a kidney and pancreas transplant.that triggered his low immune system - and the cut he got on his leg at the hospital never healed. healed."the cut got infected. and after a couple of months they ended up having to take off my leg." leg."but six months ago - "we give people the option for people if they want to provide some kind of a fabric or a favorite t-shirt." shirt."prosthetists at the iowa city american prosthetics and orthoticichand delivered him a star wars themed prosthetic leg he designed. designed."it took me 8 hours and a quiilt shop to find ." ." "we were able to provide him with a foot - which gives him some added capabilities of shock absorption, and axio rotation - accommodation to uneven ter