Elieah Boyd describes herself as an active and creative person.
The Southern California cafe manager loves to surf, to hike, to take her Australian cattle dog running. She paints, travels as often as possible, and makes jewelry and bags.
She's also right-handed.
Now, she's looking at a long road to recovery after her right arm was severed — and then reattached — in early July. But the 24-year-old sees the future not as a difficult process but as a "fun challenge."
"I might be left-handed for a little while," she told USA TODAY from UC Irvine Medical Center, where she's already undergone multiple surgeries, with more to come. "I'll have learn how to live my life left-handed."
