Oct. 1 victim returns home, still recovering
Frost back in California after time in Maryland
WASHINGTON — Asurvivorof the Strip shooting being treated for a head wound in Maryland has moved back to her California home as she continuesherrecoverywithsurgeries and therapy.
Tina Frost returned to San Diego, where she lived and worked when she attended the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1.
The music festival became a killing ground when a gunman used his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay suite to fire into a crowd with semi-automaticrifles.
Frost was struck in the head by a bullet, eventually losing her right eye. She was carried to safety by her boyfriend. Following initial surgery and treatment in Las Vegas, she returned to her childhood home near Annapolis, Maryland, to receive additional treatment.
A social media site soliciting donations for her medical treatment reported that Frost and her boyfriend returned to San Diego last week.
“Her journey is moving from the East Coast to the West Coast, but is not over by far,” wrote Pam Ostiguy Clark on the Tina Frost Gofundme page.
Frost is scheduled for more surgery on her eye in Maryland, but she willhaveanewteamofdoctorsand therapists in California, according to the Gofundme site.
A native of Crofton, Maryland, Frost was living in California and traveled to Las Vegas to attend the country music festival.
Aftershewasstruckbygunfire, she was rushed to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, where she underwent a three-hour surgery. She lost her right eye to the injury.
Frost was transferred from Sunrise Hospitaltojohnshopkinshospital on Oct. 15. Neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Blum discharged Frost from the Las Vegas hospital after she made great strides in recovery.
Shehadadditionalsurgeriesat Johns Hopkins, according to family updates. She left Johns Hopkins in November and was moved to an undisclosed rehabilitation center, according to family updates.
A huge milestone was achieved in December when Frost was able to walk and was released from the rehabilitation center in Maryland.
More than $615,000 has been raised by 10,336 people in 10 months since the shooting, according to the Gofundme site.
“Team Tina as well as everyone who has been following us is just amazing and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts,” Clark said in the most recent update on the site.
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