A Las Vegas attack victim who was shot in the head awoke from a coma and was able to walk three steps to a chair and three steps back to her bed on Friday.
The victim, 27-year-old Tina Frost, was also able to follow requests to squeeze a nurse’s hands and kick her legs back and forth.
This progress is amazing considering that Frost was shot in the head, causing enough damage that her right eye and a forehead bone had to be removed.
According to the Washington Post, when doctors examined Frost’s left eye a few days after the attack, the retina “appeared normal.” Nonetheless, doctors say Frost has a long road to recovery.
Frost’s family is keeping a journal of each success. Some of what they wrote in the days leading up to Frost’s taking her first steps on Friday are:
Oct. 7: “Her kidneys and liver have started to work and are doing well.”
Oct 10: “Tina kicked her legs back and forth when asked, stopped when asked, and then kicked again when asked!”
Oct. 11: “Best news yet on our Tina! She followed nurse Christina’s commands when she told her to squeeze her hands and move her toes.”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Frost’s surgeon, Dr. Keith Blum, described Frost’s condition as “miraculous” that she is even alive, much less recovering at such a pace. He pointed out that the shattering of the forehead bone actually gave her brain room to swell, thereby saving her life:
Blum said, “It’s quite miraculous that her injury at one point could have taken her life. But instead, the way the injury happened kind of helped save her.”
AWR Hawkins is the Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and host of Bullets with AWR Hawkins, a Breitbart News podcast. He is also the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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