Then she contracted meningitis which almost killed her. one surgery after another, bra brittani held on and that by christmas, three months after the attack, the family was told that she would survive. but what would her new life be like >> we talk to her, and she would bring her eyes and smile but we knew at that point no we know there's paralysis. and that's when they told us her ear canal is crushed she will be death. and they also told us that her optic nerve is severed just from the hitting of the head the jolting of it. >> despite her extensive injuries, brittani's famil started taking h...