Explore a remote barrier island in Savannah, Ga, where pushing through dense palmettos reveals expansive salt marshes and majestic live oaks draped in Southern Spanish moss. You are forewarned, for you will be at my side when an aggressive wild boar charges and attacks. I had one second to react. I stared death in the face; two severed arteries, a Coast Guard rescue, and a grueling decision to amputate awaits you. This is a story about family, my personal struggles, exotic hunting adventures, surviving my catastrophic injuries and perseverance. While we are in pursuit of game on these outdoor expeditions, what I find is something that has been inside me for generations. Passed down from my Ukrainian grandparents, it is my inner strength that drives me to recover and propels me into the advanced medical world of prosthetics. When faced with a drastic new way of life, I had to choose; was my amputation going to crush me or was I was going to crush it? Join me on this voyage, unless of course, you have no sense of adventure!