She Lost Her Legs & Became An Olympian!

I was in the hospital on life support, given less than a 2% chance of living. All my organs were failing and hemorrhaging. So right before they put me into this induced coma, I remember saying, my feet hurt so bad. Can I see what's going on? And so my dad pulled the sheets back, and my feet were literally purple. I just remember the doctor coming in and saying, we have to amputate your legs tomorrow. They told you then? Yeah. I didn't cry. I just said, okay, do it. Do what you have to do so I can get out of here and move on with my life. Literally, as they were wheeling me from my room into the surgical room, I gave myself three goals. One of those goals was that I was going to snowboard that year. Being in Russia, being at the Olympics, being in the Olympic Village, it makes me emotional because it's just so cool. I mean, just the day of the race, it's almost like your whole life sets you up to that moment. I wouldn't have been there if I didn't lose my legs. No matter how challenging life gets, no matter what our circumstances are, it is all going to make sense in the end. That is what helped to get me through the toughest days of my life.