{"id":1434,"date":"2011-12-13T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2011-12-13T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T17:45:00","slug":"texas-model-recovering-but-could-lose-eye-after-walking-into-plane-propeller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/texas-model-recovering-but-could-lose-eye-after-walking-into-plane-propeller.html","title":{"rendered":"Texas Model Recovering, But Could Lose Eye, After Walking Into Plane Propeller"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Pretty Lauren Scruggs had a horrific accident last week, walking into a moving airplane propeller, but she is showing some signs of improvement.<\/p>\r\n

The 23-year-old model and magazine editor on Dec. 3 had just gotten off a plane at an airport in McKinney, Texas, and\u00a0— apparenty trying to move toward a friend in the dark — she walked in\u00a0front of the still-spinning propeller.\u00a0\u00a0She suffered\u00a0severe injuries to her head, shoulder and arm.\u00a0Doctors performed several surgeries on her, and had to amputate her left hand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But this week “The Today” show on NBC and its website, Today.com,\u00a0did an update on Plano, Texas,\u00a0 resident Scruggs, who\u00a0edits the online fashion magazine LOLO and works as a model. Although she suffered lacerations to her face and a fractured skull, Scruggs facial nerves appear to be unaffected.<\/p>\r\n

http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/45642352\/ns\/today-today_people\/t\/lauren-smiles-injured-model-reaches-new-milestone\/#<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Her family has set up a website, CaringBridge.org, which reported that Scruggs has been able to smile and\u00a0move her eyebrows. She has even been able to walk down a hall, and has had enough of an\u00a0appetite to eat a bit.\u00a0And she is able to count, which is a good sign as far as her cognitive abilities go.<\/p>\r\n

http:\/\/www.caringbridge.org\/visit\/laurenscruggs\/journal<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Scruggs\u00a0remains in pain, but it has become more manageable, according to the website.<\/p>\r\n

But despite her progress, Scruggs is not out of the woods. She still may lose her left eye, because of the damage to her face from the accident.\u00a0And her rehabilitation will no doubt be a long one, even her father concedes.<\/p>\r\n

Scruggs cannot remember the accident. But one person who posted a comment on Today.com said that any pilot should know well enough not to let passengers disembark until a plane’s propellers have stopped moving. We don’t know if that true or not, but it ought to be a rule.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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