I grew up fishing and hunting with my dad, uncles and cousins, but when I got into high school and college, I was busy enough that hunting and fishing was no longer a focus. During the summer of 1995, after my junior year of college at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas where I was studying engineering and aviation, I contracted Bacterial Meningitis which resulted in the amputation of both of my legs and my left arm. Following a difficult 2 ½ month long hospital stay, 23 surgeries, which included extensive skin grafting, I, like most people, thought my life was over.