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A WOMAN gives an update a year after surviving a brutal heart attack that left her calf torn off during a Fourth of July celebration.

Tabatha Sullivent was among four individuals hurt in a shark attack on South Padre Island along the southern coast of Texas when something came towards her.

Shark attack victim in hospital bed.
Tabatha Sullivent was brutally injured in a shark attack last yearCredit: 5nbcdfw
People pulling an injured person from the water onto a beach.
Sullivent was one of four people hurt in the attack, including her husbandCredit: X /zakisolja.mp4

“All I saw was something gray in the water, so I just kicked at it because I thought ‘Oh my God, it’s a huge fish,’” she told Valley Central.

On July 4, 2024, Sullivent was on a trip with family and friends celebrating a birthday, a graduation, an engagement, and an anniversary.

However, a simple trip to the beach nearly turned into tragedy after Sullivent was injured in a shark attack.

Sullivent kicked at the shark when it suddenly attacked and bit off a majority of her left calf.

Cellphone footage showed Sullivent bleeding heavily after she was pulled from the water with her left calf missing.

She was rushed to a hospital but had to be flown to another facility due to the extent of her injuries.

But the journey had only just begun as Sullivent faced several procedures, fought an infection, and underwent a skin graft.

Last August, she shared an update on social media, revealing how it was taking one of her first steps since the attack

“What I’ve lost won’t return, and coming to terms with that is the toughest part for me right now. It’s just the reality that my leg won’t…won’t grow back,” she expressed.

Sullivent told the outlet that she spent a month recovering in McAllen, Texas, before being transferred to her home near Dallas.

“I had a bone exposed that I had to get another skin graft done on that one, so I did that one at Baylor in Dallas,” she said.

Sullivent’s goal was to walk at her daughter’s wedding, just four months after the attack.

“I walked down the aisle, and I was dancing unassisted, so it was amazing it was great,” she said.

Sullivent’s husband was also injured in the attack after he tried to rescue his wife.

Now, the couple is going on vacation again, but they’re steering clear of the beach.

“Get a nice little tan going, and stay off the beach and out of the water, we do have the pool so that we can do that,” Sullivent explained.

Her whole family has gone to counseling since the attack, and Sullivent has begun seeing a therapist on her own.

She is working through her trauma to hopefully get back to some of her favorite hobbies.

“I want to go on a boat, I wish to go snorkeling, and I long to be in the water. Now, if I come across snorkeling trips or deep water, I’m uncertain if I could get in it,” she remarked.

“I think it would be really hard for me. And I would probably just panic and not know what was around me.”

However, the journey isn’t over, as Sullivent explained she will have to undergo another plastic surgery soon and is experiencing nerve pain.

She plans on getting cosmetic surgery on her leg for aesthetic purposes and to better protect her nearly exposed bone.

Still, Sullivent said she’s doing her best to remember the things she can do.

Woman describes seeing her husband running toward her from the beach.
Since then, Sullivent underwent several procedures and a skin graftCredit: Facebook / DHR Health
Woman using handrails to practice walking up steps with the assistance of two therapists.
However, her healing journey is still ongoingCredit: Facebook / DHR Health
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