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From the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles krueger's head trauma quickly becomes apparent. >> oh, look at this. he's got a fracture. yep. just take your side and i'll 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 injuries is he going to have as a result of that. what injuries are going to involve the brain, ...

>> michelle removes excess blood from the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles krueger's head trauma quickly becomes apparent. >> oh, look at this. he's got a fracture. yep. just take your side and i'll 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 injuries is he going to have as a result of that. what injuries...

It shows a very particular sort of problem. i don't 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 that's typically it. people can also have fatigue because of the anemia, but it's sort of -- sometimes a little bit vague. >> so his doctors are saying right now that they're really, really positive about his prog prognosis. give us an idea of the treatment and what he's undergoing. >> there's no specific cure, but the treatments have improved quite a bit on over the last sever...

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, she's staying sharp as the team's first alternate. >> i wake up every day knowing that i'm going to slide and training for something that i love. i think it's a big gift. >> that gift that clukey wants to make sure other young girls like her also get to experience. >> a ten-day camp that focuses on self-confidence, understanding stereotyp...

Decide to decide what you're 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. she's 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. they'd seen all the good and bad days. highs and lows. >> reporter: but her olympic high was short lived. >> i was diagnosed with a syndrome shortly after the 2010 winter olympics games. >> reporter: a disorder in which the fluid arou...