1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,100 Before we get into today's story, I wanted to jump on and 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:07,000 give a quick disclaimer. If you're someone who is 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,300 bothered by descriptive details regarding injuries and medical 4 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:15,400 procedures, I would suggest listening until the point where 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,200 Kristin returns back to shore from her encounter, enjoy the 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:25,100 story. I took about two strokes to get 7 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:29,500 towards the shoreline and that's when I was immediately grabbed 8 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:33,200 and dragged under it immediately started thrashing me side to 9 00:00:33,208 --> 00:00:36,000 side, whatever it wanted to do with me. 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,700 I just needed to survive from HP Studio. 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:01:00,400 This is unnerved. Welcome back to the unnerve 12 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,000 podcast, where normal people share their abnormal stories and 13 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,900 if you enjoy true, stories of the strange and terrifying, then 14 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:12,600 you're in the right place. I'm your host Chris Fricke. 15 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,500 Traveling to a foreign country and exploring. 16 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:21,300 The local culture is one of the best ways to gain perspective 17 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:26,700 and enjoy the world. We live in every country has its 18 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:33,900 own unique aspects to see and experience the people food music 19 00:01:33,900 --> 00:01:40,300 Landscapes and Wildlife over 30 million people. 20 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:45,300 Go on a safari every year in Africa and the chance to see 21 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,800 animals in the wild is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 22 00:01:50,500 --> 00:01:53,600 The key is to do it at a safe distance. 23 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:58,700 When you think of deadly African Wildlife, you might assume Lions 24 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:03,400 take the top spot, but that title is reserved for another 25 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:09,300 land mammal. it boasts caused an estimated 500 deaths every year 26 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:17,700 in Lyons only 22, In 2018 Kristen and her husband, Ryan 27 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,700 decided to visit Zimbabwe to celebrate Kristen's 37th 28 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:26,400 birthday. The Safari they went on was 29 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,200 everything they had hoped for but they soon learned that 30 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,800 hippos can be as dangerous as they are fascinating. 31 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:39,300 The encounter that Kristen had that day would change her life 32 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:45,200 forever. This is her story, my husband 33 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:50,700 Ryan and I decided to book a wonderful birthday trip to 34 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:56,600 Zimbabwe to see the wonderful Victoria Falls, which is one of 35 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,700 the natural wonders that we have never seen. 36 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:02,400 And has been on our bucket list for some time and his family 37 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,000 lives in Johannesburg. So we decided to to make it a 38 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,700 long Thanksgiving /. Birthday trip for me and 39 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:16,300 celebrate with family overseas and to also enjoy a safari trip 40 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,900 and a most wonderful experience with this natural wonder. 41 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:25,900 We visited with family and Johannesburg for a few days and 42 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:30,300 then we flew up to Zimbabwe and enjoyed our very first evening 43 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:36,300 out to see the Victoria Falls. And the next morning, we had our 44 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:40,300 first Safari trip out into the Zambezi National Park. 45 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:45,700 We were on a safari ride and that took us throughout the park 46 00:03:45,700 --> 00:03:49,500 to see amazing animals. And for our lunch stop happen to 47 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:55,000 be a Just close to the water but not extremely close to the 48 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,400 water. And we were very curious to 49 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:02,500 possibly get a photo with the landscape and the water and 50 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,700 maybe see some birds and small animals. 51 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:11,200 And I remembered vaguely that gentleman saying, don't go too 52 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,400 close. We're not going to walk away 53 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,000 from the vehicle. We don't want to go there and 54 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,399 there might be some animals and in the area in general and so we 55 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,800 just enjoyed our lunch and the vehicle but I did make note of 56 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,000 where we were at, which happened to be picnic site, 24, but we 57 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,900 enjoyed that day. We had a couple of more days of 58 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:34,100 safari trips. Going through different Parks. 59 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:40,100 We went to Wayne gay, we did just self Drive Through Safari 60 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:44,300 parks and some private reserves. And some of the larger National 61 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:47,600 reserves, the morning of my birthday, we decided that we 62 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,700 were going to have a relaxing canoe trip. 63 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,300 We enjoy photography. Much and the perspective of 64 00:04:54,300 --> 00:04:58,000 being lower to your subject gives you a better angle for 65 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,900 those photos. So we thought this would be a 66 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,800 good opportunity. A relaxing morning, canoeing 67 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,600 down the Zambezi River, having an enjoyable lunch and then a 68 00:05:07,608 --> 00:05:12,400 nice romantic evening out, and having a wonderful dinner that 69 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,800 morning we drove into the park and as we made our way through 70 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,500 the park, we passed the picnic site that we were at that very 71 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:22,700 first Safari trip that we did. A Little bit north of that. 72 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:26,600 We ended up doing our launch into our canoe trip. 73 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,800 So, we knew right where we were in the general vicinity, we're 74 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:32,200 just getting ready to canoe off Ryan and I have plenty of 75 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,500 experience doing canoe trip since we travel often and we're 76 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:40,200 from Florida. So we do this quite often and he 77 00:05:40,300 --> 00:05:44,100 did make a mention of if you fall out swim to the closest 78 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:46,800 Shore and Ryan and I thought that was kind of strange. 79 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,400 Why would we fall out where were pros at this practically? 80 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,800 Because we have a lot of Experience on the water in 81 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,200 general and we used to scuba dive. 82 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,900 And we're very familiar with those types of environments. 83 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:00,000 So we didn't really think anything of it. 84 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,200 But, you know, they launched a sin. 85 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:07,700 It was three canoe total. The first one had a guide and 86 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:11,400 one other tourist, the second canoe was with Ryan. 87 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,200 And I and I was in the front, Ryan was in the back and the 88 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:18,800 third canoe had one more guide. So we were all in a line on the 89 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,900 right hand side, which is where we launched from. 90 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,900 And And not even a couple of minutes Downstream. 91 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:28,800 The gentleman in the front canoe had binoculars and said he saw a 92 00:06:28,808 --> 00:06:33,400 group of hippos up on the right hand side and we then needed to 93 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:38,600 proceed to the middle of the river, which looks like the left 94 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,900 side because of the levels of the water in the Zambezi River 95 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:44,300 at that time. So it looks like the left but 96 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:48,300 it's actually an island within the middle of the large entire 97 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:52,100 river that you can't see. So, we were over on that side, 98 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:57,400 but Ryan and I, we were a little bit off to the side of the front 99 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:02,200 canoe that just put a slightly more into the deeper section of 100 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,400 the water. We were definitely as far over 101 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,100 to the left side of that bank, as we could be, but just Ryan 102 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:11,900 and I, we weren't 100% in line. We were just slightly out past 103 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:15,500 the first canoe, and I glanced over to see if I could see that 104 00:07:15,500 --> 00:07:20,000 group of hippos and I didn't see anything but just one hippo. 105 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,900 Back submerge didn't see its head, didn't see a group of 106 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:27,000 them, just one back, go under, and it was all the way on the 107 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,200 other side of this River, I started looking forward. 108 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,200 We started paddling continuing on. 109 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,300 We were following along with a guy and then out of nowhere, 110 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:39,900 underneath our canoe, a hump of a back, came up under a canoe 111 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,500 with an upward Force, full motion, and launched Ryan. 112 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:50,800 And I into the air and the way that it hit the canoe, You in 113 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:57,100 the middle, it was a blow up canoe so it bent the canoe and 114 00:07:57,100 --> 00:08:00,500 half almost and where I fell forward. 115 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:05,700 And Ryan had fallen backwards towards the shallow side as soon 116 00:08:05,707 --> 00:08:09,000 as we popped up with our life vests, we immediately started to 117 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,900 try to swim. I was a little bit further out 118 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:14,700 and I could see Ryan, but he couldn't see me because the 119 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:19,200 canoe was kind of in the between us and I took about two strokes 120 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,400 to get towards the is the shoreline and that's when I was 121 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,900 immediately grabbed and dragged under 122 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:42,799 Instinctually, I don't know how or why, but I managed to get a 123 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:47,000 full entire grasp of air before I was young thunder. 124 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,100 So immediately, I went into survival mode and I knew I had 125 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:52,800 to conserve my are as much as possible. 126 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,900 As soon as it pulled me down, it immediately started thrashing me 127 00:09:04,900 --> 00:09:09,400 side to side, very similar to a dog with a toy in its mouth, it 128 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:14,600 was just back and forth. I didn't know how long I would 129 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,700 be down there to know how long I would be in its mouth, whatever 130 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:22,100 it wanted to do with me. I just needed to survive. 131 00:09:22,700 --> 00:09:27,000 I knew exactly where it was on my leg and in order to not be 132 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,900 thrashed around. So violently, I shrug together 133 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:44,300 around its face on my leg and essentially held on In that 134 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:46,900 moment, I tried to grab it at face. 135 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:51,900 I know I'm not strong enough to let it go or to open it and pry, 136 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:54,100 it open. But I knew where it was and I 137 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:57,400 figured if I could at least grab at it and yank on something, 138 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,700 maybe I could spook it and it would release me, everybody 139 00:10:01,700 --> 00:10:04,100 always asks, why didn't you poke at it sighs? 140 00:10:04,100 --> 00:10:07,900 That's you know, the thing to do and my answer is I don't know 141 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:11,100 where incisor at? I'm in murky dirty water, I've 142 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:13,700 never been so up close. To it out of us before. 143 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,300 But with the spatial of knowing that it was exactly on my entire 144 00:10:18,300 --> 00:10:20,800 full leg. I knew right where its mouth 145 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,800 was. So that was my instinct was to 146 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,500 grab it at the face and to try to pry its mouth open and I 147 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:31,500 could feel that it was leathery and spiky because of the 148 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:36,100 whiskers on its face and it snows, but somehow someway me 149 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:38,800 doing that or me just staying calm. 150 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:42,000 I don't know if it thought I was dead or in jail. 151 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,600 Me touching its face, spooked it. 152 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:49,200 But it let me go. Immediately popped up to the 153 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,800 surface at that point because of my life jacket, that's when the 154 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:58,900 next part of survival kicked in. During that time, I would 155 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:01,200 estimate. I was down under the water for 156 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:07,300 about 45 seconds since I was almost out of breath as a child 157 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:10,500 swimming in the pools. A lot with my sister and brother 158 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:13,800 we used to play games of who could stay down the longest and 159 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,600 you would hold your breath and you'd have to recycle your air 160 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,200 or sometimes you'd agree swallow it to feel like you were able to 161 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,900 get just a little bit more. Well I was at that point so I 162 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:27,800 was very close to probably passing out Out and losing my 163 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,300 life and having all of those different life experiences with 164 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:37,700 being so into sports and doing triathlons and races and scuba 165 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:41,600 diving and even scuba diving with sharks, you learn to 166 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:45,400 conserve your air and have good breathing techniques. 167 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,300 And and that short amount of time, I was able to hold on, 168 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:52,600 stay calm enough. And when I came up, I grabbed 169 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,200 that breath of air. I was facing the direction I 170 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,100 needed to go towards the shore. A line which is where Ryan had 171 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:03,200 made his way to the shore. I could see him trying to run to 172 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,700 meet up with me. Since I had drifted slightly 173 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:10,600 further down in front of where the first guide and the tourist 174 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,900 were at. So I immediately started trying 175 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,500 to kick my legs and swim and I couldn't swim. 176 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:21,100 My leg didn't work. I kept trying to kick and 177 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:24,100 nothing happened. And first immediately thought my 178 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:29,200 knee is broken. And I yelled to them. 179 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,900 I said I can't swim. My knee is broken Split. 180 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:35,700 Second thinking just I turned over and I just started a 181 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:38,600 backstroke. I was only a couple of Strokes 182 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,200 away, probably about 5 to where the guide on the shore. 183 00:12:43,300 --> 00:12:47,900 Took his canoe paddle and reached it out over the water to 184 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:50,700 where I could then grab it and you could just pull me the rest 185 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:53,200 of the way to him. By the time that happened. 186 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,400 Ryan had ran down the shoreline and reached him. 187 00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:59,000 They brought me. Onto the shore. 188 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,900 They both pick me up and at that point when they did that I could 189 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:05,300 see that my leg was completely torn open. 190 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:12,800 I could see my muscle, I could piece of muscle was actually 191 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,900 torn and sitting on top of my leg. 192 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:18,300 It was still slightly attached but it was sitting on top, all 193 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:22,900 of my skin from the middle of my thigh to my knee was completely 194 00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:29,000 missing from where it should be, I didn't know it at the time but 195 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,900 I ended up with more skin that was ripped off. 196 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:37,100 I had teeth marks and puncture wounds that I couldn't see, I 197 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:40,400 could only just see this. Gaping hole in the middle of my 198 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,900 leg, they put me in the the canoe on the shoreline and they 199 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:48,700 wanted to try to figure out how to position me and move me 200 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,300 around. And I used to work in medical 201 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,400 environments. I'm nowhere near any 202 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,100 Professional Medical Training or anything, but I do know from all 203 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:02,100 of these different people I've worked with and TV shows and 204 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,400 things like that. That if somebody's that injured, 205 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,800 you put them in one spot. You don't move them until actual 206 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,600 professional comes. So that was my my next Instinct 207 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,600 survivals. Don't move me. 208 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,200 Don't touch me. You know, I was starting to be 209 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,900 in pain and I didn't realize why turns out. 210 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,300 It wasn't just my skin. That was torn apart in my 211 00:14:21,300 --> 00:14:23,400 muscle. I also ended up with a 212 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:27,800 completely broken femur that I was holding my entire leg up by 213 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,300 the one inside muscle which was causing me pain at the time. 214 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:36,200 And I had asked him for some pills and cocaine pills. 215 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,100 And he came by with some little red. 216 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:40,400 Pills in his hand. And I said, what is that? 217 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,100 And I don't even remember what I said, but I just decided I was 218 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:45,800 like, no, I don't know what they are. 219 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,900 I don't know how it's going to react with my body. 220 00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:51,700 It could end up, you know, making my blood thinner or my 221 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:55,200 heart race more. And if there was any chance that 222 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,500 I was going to survive, I needed to make sure that I had nothing 223 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,500 in my body or causing anything else to possibly, bleed out more 224 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:07,500 than it might be. But in all of that, I was not 225 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:09,200 really bleeding. Eating a lot. 226 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:14,100 It was mostly all just surface from the skin being to gloved 227 00:15:14,100 --> 00:15:17,900 and torn apart to the side. And the one big puncture wound 228 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:22,400 on my quad, that I ended up losing a golf ball size on my 229 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,000 quad, but everything else for the most part I noticed that my 230 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 toes were working. I wiggled my toes. 231 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:32,700 So I told them if I pass out and Medics come that they must tell 232 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:35,100 them, do not amputate my leg, my toes work. 233 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,400 That was the only thing I was I was worried about was that I'm 234 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,800 in a foreign country, I don't, I've never been to the major 235 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,900 hospital. I've never broken a major bone. 236 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:46,600 I don't know what they would be thinking, but my answer is. 237 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,900 I know my toes work. Don't do anything. 238 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:54,400 Ryan actually had given me his cellphone on the ride in the 239 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,700 canoe since I was in the front so I was kind of Manning the 240 00:15:56,700 --> 00:16:00,700 photos on the trip and at the last minute I happen to put it 241 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:04,000 in a zippered pocket in my pants, which happened to be the 242 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,600 opposite side that got attacked and ripped apart. 243 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,300 It was also his iPhone. That was waterproof that he 244 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,300 ended up using to call for help the guides. 245 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Their phones are only working for Zimbabwe and we were too far 246 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,700 in the middle of the river closer to Zambia that their cell 247 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:25,400 phones didn't work and where we had taken off from the canoe, 248 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:30,300 the walkie-talkie to the driver. Also didn't work because he was 249 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:33,300 too far out of range and hasn't caught up to us yet to where we 250 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:35,800 are on the canoe trip, because he was still packing up. 251 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,400 We had only just launched about five minutes up the river, so 252 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,300 they couldn't reach him. He was considering that we canoe 253 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:45,300 across to the other side, where the vehicle would end up. 254 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:48,900 Catching up to us, which is where I said, brought me back to 255 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:51,300 day. The exact place that I got 256 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:54,000 attacked at was where I had lunch on day. 257 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,100 One, Safari picnics, like 24. That's how we knew exactly, 258 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,600 where we were. And when Ryan realized that 259 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,300 their phones and their walkie-talkie didn't work at all 260 00:17:03,300 --> 00:17:07,800 Ryan, called our hotel, our concierge and told him, what 261 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,400 happened exactly where we were and that we needed medical 262 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,700 attention immediately. They're the ones that called for 263 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:17,900 help, they called the tour operator, which also does 264 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,400 helicopter Safari. Doors there as well. 265 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:26,099 They ended up getting the nurse ambulances, and medical support 266 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:30,800 to their tourist facility, in order to convert a helicopter to 267 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,600 come out saving. So it ended up taking 45 268 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,300 minutes, roughly to get a helicopter to me. 269 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,600 And luckily, I was not bleeding out at the time because I knew 270 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:44,200 that if I was, I had less than 10 minutes to live. 271 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:48,000 That was my fear and my worry, and I wanted to instill extra 272 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:52,300 panic and to the guy In trying to get me somebody to come out 273 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:55,900 and save me kept telling them. If I'm bleeding out, I have 10 274 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,000 minutes and if you don't get me somebody I'm going to die and 275 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,900 it's going to be on you. But luckily enough that was not 276 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:05,700 the case since it was all mostly skin and surface level other 277 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:09,100 than the femur break, which luckily didn't hit anything 278 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,700 major, but in that 45 minutes while I was sitting on the bank 279 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,000 as well, I told Ryan, I need to call my mom. 280 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:20,500 I knew from when I was a teenager that We had gotten in a 281 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,800 slight car accident from high school, and she always told me 282 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,000 if something happened to call her immediately. 283 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:30,500 Let her nose and let her know if everything's okay, or I'm in 284 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,900 Africa. So, the time difference was not 285 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:36,900 very good to call and wake her up, but I knew I needed to talk 286 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,600 with her in case, something happened. 287 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,300 Unfortunately, when I called her, she did answer but the 288 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,400 first words out of her mouth were, are you calling for me to 289 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,300 sing you happy birthday? Because it was my birthday and 290 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:53,000 Africa time. It was also my birthday birth 291 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,100 time and she always calls me on my birthday at my birth. 292 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:58,600 Time to sing me. Happy Birthday. 293 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:02,800 So she she thought I was calling her to have her sing to me. 294 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:08,000 So I had to tell her no, I said I was on the canoe Safari. 295 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,700 I got attacked by a hippopotamus. 296 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:11,600 I'm waiting for medical attention. 297 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,700 I said, as of right now, I'm okay. 298 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,000 And a little bit of pain, but I'm waiting for help and Ryan 299 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,700 will have to keep you posted. So, of course, she was naturally 300 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:24,500 freaked out and talked with her very long because Ryan wanted to 301 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,300 make some other phone calls to figure out what was going on and 302 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,200 what was happening from the concierge to getting the 303 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,200 helicopter. But in the meantime, I just kept 304 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,900 my heart rate down and try to ignore the slight pain that I 305 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:40,700 was having in my my leg from holding up my entire leg at a 306 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,400 awkward angle. Try not to be in the heat. 307 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,500 I had them put a hat on me and kind of keep me in the shade so 308 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,300 that way I wasn't getting overly. 309 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,100 It in the sun or anything like that, but eventually the 310 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:55,800 helicopter came and they can land in the middle of the island 311 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,600 per se. They put me on a stretcher and 312 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:03,200 had to figure out how to fit me into this converted helicopter, 313 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,900 that wasn't a medical helicopter, so that took a 314 00:20:05,908 --> 00:20:10,900 little bit of angling and wiggling around, but Ryan, 315 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:13,600 myself and the two medical staff. 316 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:19,200 Plus the helicopter pilot we all fit in and we're on our way, I 317 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:22,900 Guess it's my personality. But during that flight, since 318 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:25,800 we're no longer owner canoe trip, we turned out to have a 319 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,000 helicopter ride. I started cracking jokes and 320 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,600 telling them, you know, I thought the helicopter trip 321 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,200 would be a better idea. And is he seeing the falls at 322 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,800 least and getting getting a good view? 323 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:41,000 I think they were a little shocked that I was being so 324 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:47,200 humorous, in a dire situation, but I wasn't feeling dire 325 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,200 because I knew I had already had so much time. 326 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,500 Time that I must not. I'm not feeling faint. 327 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:55,600 I'm not passing out you know. I could see my wound and I kind 328 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,000 of have that general knowledge that I didn't feel totally like 329 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:04,100 I'm going to die anymore. So that was a probably I think 330 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:08,400 about it. 20-ish minute flight, but they took you to the tourist 331 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,500 take off. So then from there they had to 332 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:15,400 transport me to the local hospital and from there they 333 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,000 they were not normal. What I would think of a doctor 334 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,700 they were in street clothes. They, they didn't have their 335 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,700 professional attire on. So I wasn't quite sure where I 336 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:28,700 was and how professional or knowledgeable? 337 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,100 They would be, they did take me in. 338 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,200 Lee and did an x-ray, which I could swear that this was 339 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,200 probably one of the very first x-ray machines. 340 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:41,000 It probably was ever created. I know it was regular film, 341 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,100 slide machine so I know it was definitely old at that time. 342 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:48,500 He told me I had a hairline fracture in my femur, which I 343 00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:52,200 knew then that meant I didn't need surgery but I come later to 344 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,400 find out after the experience and getting to my true final 345 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,000 Hospital in Africa at the main Trauma Center. 346 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:05,300 That it was a full Like the hospital in Joe and Zimbabwe 347 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,300 didn't have even medical supplies at the hospital. 348 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:13,700 So the doctor says, I need saline or I need, you know, a 349 00:22:13,700 --> 00:22:15,800 tetanus shot. I need this or that, they don't 350 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,100 have any of that at the hospital. 351 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,300 So the concierge met Ryan at the hospital because he had called 352 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:24,500 the hotel. So the main person had met him 353 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,500 there. And the doctor said, I need X, 354 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:29,800 Y, and Z, and the concierge actually drove into town and 355 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,800 went and got the supplies. That the doctor said he needed. 356 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,100 So all I really remember from that first hospital visit was 357 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:39,800 that they opened up a couple bags of saline to wash my wound 358 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,000 out. They gave me a tetanus shot, I 359 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:45,300 think they gave me some pain medicine at that point and then 360 00:22:45,300 --> 00:22:48,300 they just told me I had the hairline fracture, I had to wait 361 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:53,600 quite a few hours for a medical flight to leave Zimbabwe to fly 362 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,600 to Johannesburg. They flew the medical flight 363 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,500 from the capital of Zimbabwe to Victoria Falls Airport which 364 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:03,500 actually This early. So the airport had to arrange to 365 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:07,600 stay open late in order for the flight to come in and to fly me 366 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,100 out. So they transported me there it 367 00:23:10,100 --> 00:23:13,100 was a two and a half hour flight to Johannesburg and then we had 368 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:17,500 a transfer to the main Trauma Center, which was very close to 369 00:23:17,500 --> 00:23:22,100 where Ryan's family lived. So we at least were very close 370 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:25,900 to people that we knew and that could support him and myself for 371 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:28,300 however long I was going to end up needing to be there. 372 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,100 We arrived pretty late. I believe close to midnight. 373 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:35,600 Night at the end of my birthday and they immediately did the 374 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:42,200 full Gambit of tests, CT scans x-rays the whole in, and out of 375 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,200 everything with him without contrasts. 376 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:47,500 I remember that making me a little bit ill being in the 377 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:49,700 machine since I hadn't eaten all day either. 378 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,700 And they told me that they definitely said my femur was 379 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:57,800 broken, and I immediately had to go into surgery for the femur to 380 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,100 be repaired. So, they turned around and did 381 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:03,500 the surgery. Right then and there and he put 382 00:24:03,500 --> 00:24:06,300 in a full femur ride slightly shorter. 383 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:10,300 Just because of the open wound damage, I had close to the knee 384 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,200 and two pins on the top and the bottom. 385 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:18,000 The next morning they had to coordinate getting a plastic 386 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,900 surgeon. No one had told between Zimbabwe 387 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:26,200 to Johannesburg that I had a large open wound. 388 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:30,800 So they only had an orthopedic on standby for the femur. 389 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:33,300 Choo. So they had to coordinate a 390 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:37,900 plastic surgeon which they did and then I had to have surgery 391 00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:40,500 every other day to clean the wound. 392 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:44,700 Remove the dead skin and make sure all that was taken care of 393 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:46,600 over the course of the time. So I didn't get any other 394 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,700 infections. I think I had about seven 395 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:53,400 surgeries during my two additional week, stay at the 396 00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:57,300 hospital in Johannesburg and during each of those surgeries 397 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:02,000 they call it debrief Mentor debridement to where To remove 398 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,300 any dead tissues. So the main issue with my injury 399 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:12,200 is because I went so long from the incident time to having to 400 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,600 travel. And then the next full day, 401 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,300 getting to a doctor that could take care of the situation, more 402 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:21,600 of my skin was dying off. So, during each of those 403 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,900 surgeries they were cutting away more dead skin, the piece of the 404 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:31,000 Quad muscle, that was poked essentially and torn off, but 405 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:33,300 still slightly connected that had to be removed. 406 00:25:33,300 --> 00:25:37,900 There was no reattaching that the skin that got torn away, 407 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:41,400 that was damaged, totally and dying off. 408 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,100 They cut that off. Anything else that was still 409 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,000 remaining. That was good. 410 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,400 And maybe just loved, which just means, it's got a full 411 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,300 separation between your skin and fat layer to your muscle layer. 412 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,700 That skin, they were able to keep and save so that way I 413 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:01,000 didn't have more total volume of loss. 414 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:04,600 I did also have on the back of my knee skin, that was totally 415 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,000 ripped off the back, all the way down to the ligaments and 416 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,300 tendons. So you could see all of those 417 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:14,300 directly on my leg. They were able to save a good 418 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:17,400 portion of that skin. That was just hanging but I did 419 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,700 lose some of the skin, on the back of my knee as well. 420 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:28,200 They wouldn't close up any Cuts or scratches or gashes that were 421 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:33,300 sewable or Stitch, able or Or stapled anything that they could 422 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:37,000 possibly close till the bacteria was 100% gone. 423 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,100 I ended up with two bacteria types from the water. 424 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,500 Not from the animal itself, but just because of the water being 425 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:49,800 so dirty from having animal feces and just general bacteria. 426 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,900 So from that they had me on antibiotics and I was ended up 427 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:56,500 being in the hospital in Johannesburg for an additional 428 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:59,200 two weeks. And then at that time, they 429 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:04,300 prepped me for Being a medical flight home to Tampa, which I 430 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:09,300 ended up having to do to private medical flights, seven stops 431 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:14,300 home and it took 36 hours to be transported the entire way. 432 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:19,100 And then I was at the local Tampa hospital here, turns out 433 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:24,200 to be another two full weeks. And when I've got to Tampa, they 434 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:26,700 wanted to just do their own battery of tests. 435 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:29,000 So all everything all over again. 436 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,800 Full x-rays CT, Scans. The orthopedic didn't like how 437 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,000 he had done the surgery in Africa. 438 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,100 So they immediately wanted to take me in for redoing the femur 439 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:43,700 rod and pins to make it a full true length. 440 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:48,400 Femur on to be a strong as possible turns out as well. 441 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,100 I ended up with a blood clot. In my arm, due to bad practices, 442 00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:57,800 from then putting in the IV needles, they had the plastic 443 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,300 tubing from the back, bottom of the IVs. 444 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:03,900 I believe it's called Lassiter actually broke off in my arm 445 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:08,300 from one of the nurses removing it and they had to remove that 446 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:11,500 during one of my debridement surgeries, they had to 447 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:13,800 surgically, cut it out, and remove it out of my vein. 448 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,800 So, that procedure actually caused me a slight blood clot, 449 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:21,100 which I was unaware of and not good to fly with, but I was 450 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:24,500 lucky enough that it was a minor one and they ended up taking 451 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:27,400 care of that in Tampa as well. So between all those procedures, 452 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,100 I ended up with a skin graft on the front of my legs. 453 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:35,000 Leg and the back of my knee to where I had to be immobilized 454 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,900 for a month after I was released. 455 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,600 And I finally got out just believe three days before New 456 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,500 Year. So, total I was in the hospital 457 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:48,400 just about, I believe, 28 days. So from there, it was an endless 458 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:54,600 number of surgeries and doctors, appointments and therapy for 459 00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,100 trying to reuse my leg. I couldn't move my foot, you 460 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:01,700 know, at all moving it up and down my entire Like I couldn't 461 00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:04,000 move, I had to physically, pick it up and move it. 462 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,400 I didn't have any muscle strength. 463 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,500 I didn't have any of the standard ability so I couldn't 464 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:12,700 drive, I couldn't walk, I was on a walker, I switched to 465 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:15,400 crutches, I graduating to a cane. 466 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,400 Once I finally got some movement and motion, But ultimately, 467 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,200 because of losing the skin, on the front of my knee, it caused 468 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,700 me to have mobility issues. With my range of motion, mostly 469 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,900 bending my knee and due to that, I Had a wonderful team of 470 00:29:31,908 --> 00:29:35,000 doctors. I told them, this is my life. 471 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,100 I'm young. I have so many more things that 472 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:41,200 I want to do and I can't be limited by. 473 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:46,000 This range of motion is not something that I want to live 474 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,200 with. So as many surgeries is it's 475 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,700 going to take whatever types of surgeries it's going to take, I 476 00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:53,800 don't care. There's got to be an option. 477 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,500 There's got to be a way and every single one listen to me, 478 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:01,500 they agreed with me, they gave me alternative options, When we 479 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,900 thought there was nothing for them to do, they pass me to the 480 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:07,700 next doctor that they knew out of all of those. 481 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:12,100 I've currently am now at surgery, 22, my range of motion. 482 00:30:12,100 --> 00:30:16,600 After three full years of physical therapy is just about 483 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,200 back to normal. I can fully Squad, I can bend my 484 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,800 knee, it's just that I'm still in. 485 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:27,500 Probably my always be working through strength issues since I 486 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:31,500 lost the part of my quad but I have to learn to Eight and other 487 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,400 ways. So I'm still working on that, 488 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:37,500 but it's definitely progressing and getting better the vacation 489 00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,700 nightmare for at a couple traveling. 490 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:44,300 In Africa, the American Tourist hospitalized after an encounter 491 00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:47,300 with a hippo in Zimbabwe. She's now, breaking her silence 492 00:30:47,300 --> 00:30:50,500 telling all about those terrifying moments, how she 493 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:54,500 survived Kristen, and her husband Ryan were on Safari in 494 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:58,300 the African nation of Zimbabwe. When the unthinkable took place, 495 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,900 I saw that it popped up underneath her canoe. 496 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:05,400 And not long after Kristen's. Attack news media from around 497 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,400 the world, caught wind of her story and wanted to interview 498 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,600 her about her. Incredible Story of Survival 499 00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:17,500 Kristen's determination to not only survived a traumatic 500 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:22,400 experience but Thrive has been an inspiration to people around 501 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,800 the world. Since she has begun her 502 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:29,100 recovery, she has accomplished more than many people do in a 503 00:31:29,108 --> 00:31:30,900 lifetime. I did. 504 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,900 Did my very first marathon, only a month ago. 505 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,700 I have never have done one. Never wanted to do one. 506 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:44,200 It was a challenge and each part of my progression, my husband 507 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:47,900 knows, I'm very goal-driven and I couldn't even walk when he 508 00:31:47,900 --> 00:31:53,000 brought up the fact of me trying to do a 5k again as a comeback. 509 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:57,100 And I agreed, I said, I can't walk right now, but I will do 510 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:01,300 whatever I can to get back to where I was and the That I 511 00:32:01,308 --> 00:32:04,400 enjoyed. So I finally feel like I'm back 512 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:09,300 to almost where I was. I know I won't be 100% but I'm 513 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:13,800 happy with where I'm at and that I'm progressing and you know, 514 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,600 I'm enjoying the things that brought us to that situation 515 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,800 before we're traveling again or doing photography which is what 516 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:25,800 we love exploring new places. And you know as dangerous has 517 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,900 the animals are that's what we enjoy seeing and doing and being 518 00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:33,800 in their natural. Meant, so we've got plenty more 519 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,400 of those trips to do. And what's the chance of 520 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,700 something like this happening again? 521 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:47,200 Perhaps like me. You've noticed how calm and 522 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,100 sensible Kristen is when faced with a life-threatening 523 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:56,000 situation, people often Panic, which tends to escalate the 524 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,200 danger, Kristen's, courage, and level-headedness, probably 525 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,600 helped to save her life that fateful day. 526 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:13,800 The day, she fought her way out of the jaws of a hippo Thanks 527 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:18,100 again for listening to unnerved. If you enjoyed this episode, 528 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:20,900 please share it with your friends and leave a review 529 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:25,100 wherever you, get your podcast, if you guys want to see photos 530 00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:29,500 related to each episode, be sure to follow our Instagram at 531 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:33,900 unnerved podcast there. You'll be able to see photos 532 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,300 from Kristen Safari trip and if you guys want to follow Kristin 533 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:43,200 and her recovery Journey, go to her website at the hippo girl. 534 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:46,400 Dot-com. You can also find Kristen and 535 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,300 Ryan's photography business at Yale door. 536 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:54,500 Photography.com, all of these links will be in the show notes. 537 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,200 Thanks again for listening and we'll see you next time. 538 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:46,400 Dot-com. You can also find Kristen and 539 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:49,300 Ryan's photography business at Yale door. 540 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:54,500 Photography.com, all of these links will be in the show notes. 541 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,200 Thanks again for listening and we'll see you next time.