A woman has opened up about the horrifying moment her bottom was "chopped off" by a boat propeller in a freak accident.
In August, Kenzey Hunt was on a girls' trip in South Carolina with her sister, Sydney, and some friends when they decided to go boating with her friend's husband and his friends.
The 20-year-old was tubing with some of the other girls on a lake when one of them fell into the water. Recalling the incident in a video posted on TikTok, she explained that the man driving the boat went to turn around to pick the girl up when disaster struck.
"He went to go pick her up he just made a really sharp U-turn and the rope was really slacked, and he just came, hit me head-on, and I was still laying on the tube headfirst," she shared.
Kenzey quickly got "sucked" under the boat and pierced by its propeller. "It got my butt pretty good, so my butt was just kind of open," she said in the clip. "I felt it, and there was just blood everywhere."
Her sister and a friend leaped in to save her but when Sydney saw all the blood she went into "shock" as Kenzey was lifted out of the water by one of the men they were with. She said the man had to put her butt "back together" after it had been slashed "all the way open".
The 20-year-old was then rushed to the hospital where she was left with a horrifying wound on her backside, propeller bruises down her leg, deep cuts and fractures on her foot, and a pelvis fracture.
Due to the extent of her injuries, she also required a colostomy bag that is attached to a surgically created stoma.
In an emotional update posted on the social media platform two weeks ago, Kenzey revealed medics told her her sphincter muscle is "just gone" which means she'll have to have her colostomy bag on for at least a year.
That means that she may not be able to get it reversed because she won't have the muscle to control bowel movements when she goes to the bathroom.
Kenzey spoke more about her devasting recovery with Business Insider and shared that the deep cuts on her body left a section of her bottom "hanging off".
"My injuries are unique, and with not being able to put any weight on my butt or foot, [it] makes moving around and relaxing difficult," she added. "We've been able to figure out a good system for me to get around, shower, sleep... Having to move around and figuring out a new system has been a little harder mentally because that's when it really hits me how real it all is."
The young woman credited her family and friends for their "incredible help and support" during this incredibly difficult time in her life, and revealed that she's looking forward to "so many things" when she fully recovers, such as going back to work as a youth mentor for a residential treatment center for teen boys.
"I can't wait to just be independent and be able to take care of myself," she added. "I can't wait for all the simple things like sitting, driving, walking normal, getting ready, sitting at a restaurant...so many things."
We wish Kenzey a speedy recovery!
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