A jockey nicknamed "The Miracle Girl" bravely poses for a photograph showing the extent of the injuries sustained in her near-fatal fall.
Hugely popular Leah Kilner had the racing world pray for her after suffering a devastating crash during a race last month.
Leah, 24, crashed headfirst into the turf and she fell into a coma while being rushed to the hospital.
Despite her life-threatening injuries, she survived incredibly - Australian doctors refer to her as the "miracle girl" I was there.
But her mental and physical healing process is just beginning.
Her visible side effects in the face of death included spending most of her day in a wheelchair.
And she fears she will go blind in one eye as a result of an accident at Grafton Racecourse in New South Wales. } told Racenet: It's still hard to believe when you see where I am now.
``I can get out of my wheelchair, go for a short walk, and I can write and speak.
BRUSH WITH DEATH
"They want my eyes to open, but I don't know if my sight is there.
I don't know if I'll be able to see through those eyes. Even with good eyes, my eyesight is deteriorating, probably because they work twice as hard.
``I have a lot of tingling sensations on my left side. She said she felt ripped off.
Surprisingly, Leah says she wants to look back on the incident "to believe what really happened" instead of putting everything behind her.
As for riding racehorses again, she said it's too early to tell what the future holds. , you have to convince your parents first that it's a good idea.
She added: "God knows how my mother would feel now if I rode a horse again. Please, when I turn 18," Be a jockey or go somewhere else."
"Dad taught me how to ride because he didn't want me to go anywhere else. He must be regretting his decision now."
