Caption Lauren Scruggs, a fashion blogger, aspiring model and former “Gossip Girl” wardrobe stylist,
has taken her first steps following a near-fatal accident on Saturday.
The good news was revealed in a blog posted by the 23-year-old’s family on Wednesday.
“This
morning, Lauren experienced a victory!” the post read. “Earlier, the
physical therapist assisted Lauren in walking for the first time. Once
she got halfway there, she said, ‘30.’ Not sure what she meant [her
family] asked her what that means, she replied, ‘Steps!’
“What a praise, she was counting every step that she took!” the post continued.
Scruggs,
a Texas native, suffered severe injuries on Saturday after accidentally
walking into the moving propeller of a small plane. Her left hand was
severed in the accident and she sustained critical wounds to her skull,
left eye and left shoulder.
Peter
Wasserman and Luke Dixon, the first two paramedics to arrive at the
scene, told ABC News that even as veteran emergency responders, Scruggs’
injuries were some of the most shocking they’d encountered.
“It was one of those things that kind of just takes your breath away,” Wasserman said in an interview
with ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday, adding that he began to
pray for her as soon as he saw the extent of the damage to her body.
“We
honestly didn’t expect her to survive,” he said. “The extent of her
injuries, the lacerations she had to her head, the skull fracture. … We
thought for sure there would be significant brain damage. I was praying
as soon as I got there.”
Scruggs is currently being treated at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital, where doctors are working to save her left eye.
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