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From the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles kruegers head trauma quickly becomes apparent. >> oh, look at this. hes got a fracture. yep. just take your side and ill take a scalpel to it. we have a fracture here i want to just scrape off. see if we can see how far it goes. it goes all over the place, comes here and branches that way, that way. >> the extensive skull fractures prove one thing. krueger hit his head hard. >> the question we still have is what internal...

>> michelle removes excess blood from the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles kruegers head trauma quickly becomes apparent. >> oh, look at this. hes got a fracture. yep. just take your side and ill take a scalpel to it. we have a fracture here i want to just scrape off. see if we can see how far it goes. it goes all over the place, comes here and branches that way, that way. >> the extensive skull fractures prove one thing. krueger hit his head hard. >> the questi...

It shows a very particular sort of problem. i dont know if we have an image of this. you typically notice punched out lesions in the bone. you may see it in the back, in the skull bone, really anywhere in the body. but thats typically it. people can also have fatigue because of the anemia, but its sort of -- sometimes a little bit vague. >> so his doctors are saying right now that theyre really, really positive about his prog prognosis. give us an idea of the treatment and what hes undergoing. >...

Skull bone to create access for the spinal fluid to move freely. >> 14 months later she was back on the sled. >> i never lost sight of where i wanted to be after my surgery. >> while she fell short of making her second olympics by just a fraction of a second, shes staying sharp as the teams first alternate. >> i wake up every day knowing that im going to slide and training for something that i love. i think its a big gift. >> that gift that clukey wants to make sure other young girls like her al...

Decide to decide what youre going to do to get there and stick to the plan every day. >> reporter: and kluky has had plenty of of life obstacles. her father passed when she was 19. shes had training injuries. her knees, torn meniscus and acl to torned discs in her neck. she overcame them all to make the plimps in 2010. >> a great honor for myself and my family. theyd seen all the good and bad days. highs and lows. >> reporter: but her olympic high was short lived. >> i was diagnosed with a syndr...

A lot of problems with the right side of my body. >> reporter: for her, surgery was the only option. >> they go in and they removed a little under a centimeter of the skull bone to create access for the spinal fluid to flow freely. >> reporter: she didnt let that stop her, though. 14 months later she was back on the sled. >> i never lost sight of where i wanted to be after my surgery, and that was back competing in the sport of luge. >> reporter: while she fell short of making the olympics by a ...

>> she has a disorder in which the fluid around her brain doesnt circulate properly. >> a lot of symptoms were severe headaches and pressure on the lower part of my skull and a lot of problems with the right of new body. >> for her, surgery was the only option. >> they go in and removed a little under a centimeter of my skull bone to create access for the spinal fluid to flow freely. >> she didnt let that stop her. she was back on the sled. >> i never lot of sight of where i wanted to be back co...

Youre going to do to get there and do what you have to do every day. >> cluky has plenty of life obstacles. her father passed when she was 19. she has had training injuries. her knees, torn meniscus and acl to herniated disks in her neck. but she overcame them all to make her first olympic team in 2010. >> it was a great honor, you know, for myself and for my family. you know, they had seen all the good and bad at as, highs and lows. >> but her olympic high was short-lived. >> i was diagnosed sh...

>> michelle removes excess blood from the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles kruegers head trauma quickly becomes apparent. >> oh, look at this. hes got a fracture. yep. just take your side and ill take a scalpel to it. we have a fracture here i want to just scrape off. see if we can see how far it goes. it goes all over the place, comes here and branches that way, that way. >> the extensive skull fractures prove one thing. krueger hit his head hard. >> the questi...

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