she s encouraged that bridgette s vital signs are good but knows the extreme skier fell hard over some unforgiving terrain. we see skiers that hit their head and have severe brain damage or die because of the trauma to their head. dr. smalley runs a battery of tests. fearing all kinds of things, broken bones or even worse, internal bleeding, life-threatening swelling, or bleeding of the brain. all the while bridgette s father never leaves her side. she was pretty quiet throughout the first 24 hours. and then she started to come around. amazingly, every test comes back negative. considering her spectacular fall, no broken bones, no internal injuries. it s nothing short of a miracle. the only thing doctors can t determine is how bridgette s brain is affected. i remember up to the start, three, two, one, go. and then i don t have any memory after that. it s determined that bridgette has amnesia. she remains in critical care for seven days. my first memory after the accident
daughter. i didn t honestly expect her to survive it. it was about 15 minutes, there was no sign of life. i had a big lens on her. she wasn t moving at all. i just broke down in tears. it was horrible. bridgette lies motionless for 20 minutes while paramedics work on her, and then suddenly, the first good sign. i m looking through my camera at one of my best friends and at that point in time, i had tears in my eyes and everything. suddenly, i saw her leg move. i knew she was alive. rescuers stabilize her and are able to bring her down the mountain to a waiting helicopter. she s choppered to a local hospital. then airlifted to providence alaska medical center in anchorage. it s amazing that she was alive. e.r. doctor janet smalley is on duty that day.
it was about 15 minutes, there was no sign of life. i had a big lens on her. she wasn t moving at all. i just broke down in tears. it was horrible. bridgette lies motionless for 20 minutes while paramedics work on her, and then suddenly, the first good sign. i m looking through my camera at one of my best friends and at that point in time, i had tears in my eyes and everything. suddenly, i saw her leg move. i knew she was alive. rescuers stabilize her and are able to bring her down the mountain to a waiting helicopter. she s choppered to a local hospital. then airlifted to providence alaska medical center in anchorage. it s amazing that she was alive. e.r. doctor janet smalley is on duty that day. she s encouraged bridgette s vital signs are good but knows the extreme skier fell hard over some unforgiving terrain. we see skiers that hit their head and have severe brain damage or die because of the trauma to their head.
dr. smalley runs a battery of tests. fearing all kinds of things, broken bones or even worse, internal bleeding, life-threatening swelling, or bleeding of the brain. all the while bridgette s father never leaves her side. she was pretty quiet throughout the first 24 hours. and then she started to come around. amazingly, every test comes back negative. considering her spectacular fall, no broken bones, no internal injuries. it s nothing short of a miracle. the only thing doctors can t determine is how bridgette s brain is affected. i remember up to the start, three, two, one, go. and then i don t have any memory after that. it s determined that bridgette has amnesia. she remains in critical care for seven days. my first memory after the accident was waking up in the hospital and looking over my shoulder and seeing my dad sitting in a chair in the corner of the room.
the ski patrol had been with her for about 15 minutes, and there was no sign of life. i had a really big lens an it was full frame on her. she wasn t moving at all. i just broke down in tears. it was horrible. bridgette lies motionless for 20 minutes while paramedics work on her, and then suddenly, the first good sign. i m looking through my camera at one of my best friends and at that point in time, i had tears in my eyes and everything. suddenly, i saw her leg move. so we knew she was alive. rescuers stabilize her and are able to bring her down the mountain to a waiting helicopter. she s choppered to a local hospital. then airlifted to providence alaska medical center in anchorage. it s amazing that she was alive. e.r. doctor janet smalley is on duty that day. she s encouraged bridgette s vital signs are good but knows the extreme skier fell hard over some unforgiving terrain. we see skiers that hit their head and have severe brain damage or die because of the