Amy was 19 when a bout of severe meningitis claimed both her legs and her spleen, and later required a kidney transplant. Instead of giving up, she chose to continue to live her life to the fullest and has persevered to become a successful Para Snowboarder, with aspirations of competing in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Share this video to give breakfast to a child in need. #GreatStartsAmy Start Story Transcript -- Amy Purdy 00:01 [On Screen] Kellogg's Presents: Amy Purdy, Adaptive Snowboarder 00:10 [On Screen] "Live It" 00:13 Amy Purdy: I started snowboarding at 15 and I just absolutely fell in love with it. I thought that I was going to just travel the world and snowboard for a good ten years after high school. 00:23 Amy: That was my plan. But then plans kind of changed a little bit when I contracted bacterial meningitis. 00:30 Amy's Dad: She came home from work and just didn't feel quite right, kind of like the flu, very tired and that sort of thing. 00:37 Amy: Within 24 hours of that first symptom I ended up in the hospital on life support with less than a 2% chance of living. 00:45 Dad: She asked me "Am I gonna die dad?" And I said "No, honey, no. You're not gonna die." I get emotional when I think about it. 00:55 Amy's Mom: When she came out of surgery she asked us "Are they gone?", and we said "Yea, they're gone." And she said "good." 1:04 Amy: I lost my legs, my spleen. I lost my kidneys. I lost the hearing in my left ear. I lost the life that I knew. And I started over. 1:21 [On Screen] Start Story 1:25 Amy: My goals changed to just learning to walk again, trying to get healthy, trying to gain weight again. Just, gosh, you know, being able to put my own clothes on myself, I was just so weak. 1:39 Amy: I was still in a wheel chair and I hadn't quite walked yet and some country music that I liked came on the radio and I ended up just standing up and dancing with my dad. 1:52 Amy: That was a big start, dancing with my dad. Because then I knew, if I can dance, then I can walk. If I can walk, I can snowboard. 2:03 Amy: Life goes on. And not just goes on, but it's amazing, like, the other side can be incredible. 2:10 [On Screen] Amy is the top adaptive snowboarder in the U.S. and is training for her chance to compete in the 2014 Paralympic Games. [Kellogg's Logo, Paralympics logo] 2:13 Amy: What do you do when you're 19 years old and you lose both your legs? You can either give up life, or you can live it. I choose to live it. 2:25 [On Screen] from great starts 2:29 [On Screen] come great things. 2:32 [On Screen] Kellogg's Logo, Paralympics logo. Proud Sponsor 2:34: [On Screen] Share this video to give breakfast to a kid in need. #GreatStartsAmy To find out more: www.Kelloggs.com/teamusa Give a Great Start Logo For each "Great Start" consumers activate, Kellogg will donate $0.27, up to $540,000, to Action for Healthy Kids to help increase participation in new or expanded school breakfast programs resulting in a projected 2,000,000 million additional breakfasts served if the maximum donation is reached.

• published: 27 Oct 2013
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