'At least I'm alive': 9-year-old shares her recovery from near-death cougar attack

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'At least I'm alive': 9-year-old shares her recovery from near-death cougar attack
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A girl who was attacked by a cougar while she was playing with her friends is sharing her story of survival.

She still sees doctors and not everything's been easy about her recovery, but now she's looking for the positives.

"I couldn't look at myself in the mirror because I was too scared to see how many scars I got and all of the short hair, but then I noticed it was actually me. I didn't change. I'm the same old me," Kryzhanivskyy said."I'm at least happy that the cougar cannot do any more trouble, but I'm happy that at least I'm alive and get to do everything and be with you," she said.

We can all learn a lot from her. She's wise beyond her years and isn't letting this attack, or really anything, hold her back.That confidence radiates through her."You can just overcome and you can face your biggest fear," Kryzhanivskyy said as she gets ready for her 10th birthday. She said she wasn't quite sure she'd make it after the attack, so this is definitely a big birthday worth celebrating.

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