15 October, 2017
A 27-year-old Maryland native, who graduated from Gardner-Webb University in 2012, who was shot in the eye during the October 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas is showing promising signs of improvement, doctors and family said this week. Additionally, Tina was taken off the ventilator for 6 hours to breathe on her own.
Dr. Keith Blum, who treated Frost, told The Las Vegas Review-Journal that there's a 90 percent mortality rate for people shot in the head.
On Friday, a GoFundMe page set up in her honor announced that Tina Frost is responsive and took three steps to a chair and three steps back to the bed with the help of nurses. The bullet passed through Frost's right eye and shattered the front of her skull and forehead.
At first, Frost was unable to move her extremities.
More promising improvements yesterday include tapping her feet, being able to open her eyes and give a thumbs up when asked.
"We are so proud of our Tina, and everyone is amazed at every single movement she makes", Moreland said.
Dr. Keith Blum told the Review-Journal that he delicately worked to remove as numerous bullet fragments and shrapnel as he could, and said he was forced to remove her damaged right eye. The chairman of Ernst & Young, where Frost worked as an accountant in San Diego, encouraged all of the company's 231,000 employees to donate.
Tina Frost was shot in the face when Stephen Paddock opened fire on tens of thousands of concertgoers on October 1, turning a country music festival into the scene of the largest mass shooting in modern USA history.
The GoFundMe has now brought in more than $500,000 of donations.
