I want to work , but I ca n't really because then who will stay with my husband ? '' she says . `` Who will take him to the bathroom ? My first concern every morning is my husband . '' See the struggles of Iraqi women '' The attack did to Murtada what roadside bombs , rocket fire , and sniper shootings have done to thousands of Iraqis . Since the war began , the estimates of wounded Iraqis have ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people . Go inside Iraq with CNN 's Arwa Damon '' According to Iraq 's Health Ministry , 25 percent of the wounded have lost at least one limb . Murtada is one of these grim stats , and his life is now a nightmare . He has stumps where his legs used to be and has n't been able to get prosthetics . He moves around by lifting himself with his arms , riding in a wheelchair or being carried by his wife . Life has forced Shada to tap into a physical and emotional strength she did not know she possessed . Their 3-year-old son helps
BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Shada 's back aches more and more each day as she literally bears her family 's burden . Clothed in a black robe , she strains under her husband 's weight . Shada now carries her husband around the house . His legs were blown off in a bombing . Murtada , a 29-year-old taxi driver , was once a proud husband and father . But one morning last October , he kissed his family good-bye and set off to work . Within hours , their world was shattered . A bomb blew off both his legs above the knee . `` I lost consciousness for a bit . I knew I was wounded , '' he says . `` I was under the car . I saw my legs were severed , just flesh and skin . I was holding my legs , bleeding . '' Watch Shada strain to carry her husband '' Helpless , the daily burden is now on Shada . She carries Murtada when he needs to be moved . She ca n't even leave the house because of the constant care she provides her husband . ``