ERIC: TRISHA SWENSON CAN’T HELP IT. THAT GIGGLE SHOULD’VE DISAPPEARED LAST YEAR WHEN SHE WOKE UP IN A HOSPITAL WITH BOTH OF HER LEGS AMPUTATED. >> I WAS FLOORED. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. ERIC BUT IT WASN’T JUST HER : LEGS. THE STREP BACTERIA THAT LED TO SEVERE GANGRENE ALSO CLAIMED BOTH OF HER ARMS. BUT JUST 15 MONTHS AFTER LOSING ALL FOUR LIMBS, SHE’S UP ADDING UP MILES. MOST OF THEM WITH SUGAR, A PUP WITH REASONS OF HER OWN TO COMPLAIN. >> I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER. SHE ONLY HAD THREE LEGS. ERIC YOU SEE, TRISHA ADOPTED : SUGAR 9 YEARS AGO WHEN THE PUP WAS RESCUED FROM A HOARDER. SO EVERYONE FIGURED THE DOG WOULD EMPATHIZE WITH TRISHA IN THE HOSPITAL. >> SHE DIDN’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME. I’M LIKE, YOU ARE WANT TO TALK, YOU WERE AMPUTATED BEFORE I WAS. ERIC THAT LAUGHTER, AND SUGAR’S : TAIL WAGS HAVE FOLLOWED THE TWO EVERY CHALLENGING STEP SINCE. >> SHE ALLOWED HERSEL TO BE FRUSTRATED, BUT SHE DIDN’T STAY THERE. SHE REBOUNDED -- SHE REBOUNDED EVERY DAY. ERIC SO WHEN TRISHA’S : PROSTHETIST HEARD THAT A STRANGER’S COMMENT OUT ON THE TRAIL >> INSPIRED A CRAZY GOAL? >> I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING TO DO A 5K. HE GOT THE WHEELS TURNING BY THAT SIMPLE LITTLE COMMENT. ERIC HE KNEW A 5K ON 3 LEGS : BETWEEN THEM WAS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE -- >> SHE HAS THE WILL, SHE WILL FIND THE WAY. ERIC: DO NOT JUST FINISH BUT TO , FINISH WITHOUT STOPPING. >> I CAN’T, I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. ERIC PROVING ATTITUDE IS KEY AND : SUPPORT FROM THOSE AROUND YOU , EVEN THOSE WHO AREN’T PERFECT CAN TAKE YOU FARTHER THAN YOU , CAN IMAGINE. >> THAT’S WHY I WANT TO DO THIS. ERIC: SO SATURDAY, TRISHA WILL WALK 5 KILOMETERS TO RAISE MONEY FOR MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND HELPING CENTRAL IOWANS WHO SHE SAYS NEED EVEN MORE HELP THAN HER. ALL THE DETAILS ARE ON