"Woody" thought he could never play the drums again after he lost his leg to diabetes. Unable to work, the unfortunate 73-year-old drummer has been getting by on the few royalty checks he still gets.

That was until Judy Anderson stepped in to help Woody after she saw a profile piece on the drummer by News4. Judy, who works as a nurse at Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland, got him in and arranged to get Woody a prosthetic leg.

Chief medical officer at the hospital, dr. Terrence Sheehan, says the drummer's progress so far has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Elbert "Woody" Woodson strongly believes a time will come for him to play music again:

I don't think I've wanted anything more," Woodson said. "I wanna do it more not for myself but for them... I like to think of it that way. I never had a dream in my life that this would have happened to me. I'm thankful. Every moment I'm thankful."

Dr. Terrence Sheehan adds:

"I have the expectation and vision that Woody [Woodson] has, that he'll play the drums again and he'll do it very well, if not better than he did in the past. He's driven, I know he'll be able to do it."