From the wild rush of your bloodstream to the sudden firing of your nerve endings to the
rocksteady drumbeat of your heart, your body is engaged in an astonishingly complex, unseen
symphony of life-giving interactions every second of every day. When it works well, the human
body is simply astonishing. But when it faces a crisis, the body’s ability to heal, to resiliently bounce
back, and work in harmony with cleverly conceived technology, is among the world’s great wonders.
Now comes the story of how, when up against the toughest odds or pushed to extremes, the
human body—but also the mind and spirit—so often triumph in inspirational ways.