Michelle Money’s Miracle! Daughter Is ‘Walking and Talking’ After Accident

The road to recovery. Michelle Money’s 15-year-old daughter, Brielle, is making major progress following her March 30 skateboarding accident.

“Brielle is absolutely crushing our expectations,” the Bachelor alum’s ex-husband, Ryan Money, captioned a Wednesday, April 22, Instagram post. “Everything that we were prepared for, she is blowing out of the water. To think that 10 days ago she hadn’t moved and we had not heard her speak, and she is now walking and talking and it would be hard for you to tell that she was just 3 weeks out from an accident.”

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Update April 22Picture: WIth the coronavirus, Brielle’s siblings came to visit her but had to stay outside…Brielle is absolutely crushing our expectations. Everything that we were prepared for she is blowing out of the water. To think that 10 days ago she hadn’t moved and we had not heard her speak, and she is now walking and talking and it would be hard for you to tell that she was just 3 weeks out from an accident. She proudly proclaims, “I do not have one tube hooked up to me anymore.” The sensor in her head, the drain in her head, the pic line in her leg, the IVs in both arms and foot, the breathing tube and the feeding tube are ALL GONE! Nobody is more excited about this than she is. Ever since the tubes have been gone we have not been able to keep her down. We think that she will be able to come home next week sometime. She will continue to work on getting her full strength back, but we are confident that she will get there. The doctors have talked with us about being extremely cautious for 6 months to a year, no riding bikes, running, sports for her, but that is a small price to pay for the injury she sustained. We continue to have a place in our heart for all of you out there who helped Brielle and us get through this. As a parent, I cannot tell you in words what this whole experience has been like, from watching her in the ICU to the first time she moved, talked and then moved to the NTU, to receiving your prayers, fasts, thoughts and energy. WE LOVE YOU. We owe you more than we can repay so grateful for all the good that was poured out upon us! Thank you!!

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He went on to write, “She proudly proclaims, ‘I do not have one tube hooked up to me anymore.’ The sensor in her head, the drain in her head, the pic line in her leg, the IVs in both arms and foot, the breathing tube and the feeding tube are ALL GONE! Nobody is more excited about this than she is. Ever since the tubes have been gone, we have not been able to keep her down. We think that she will be able to come home next week sometime. She will continue to work on getting her full strength back, but we are confident that she will get there.”

Ryan added that while the teen’s doctors recommend she takes it easy for the next six months to a year, staying away from bikes and sports, “that is a small price to pay for the injury she sustained.”

In the social media upload, Brielle looked out at her younger siblings. The little ones stood outside the hospital, waving at her with signs through a window.

Michelle, 39, revealed last month that the teenager was in the ICU on life support. “She suffered a serious brain trauma and a fractured skull,” the Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars alum wrote via Instagram at the time. “She is in a medically induced coma to relieve pressure in her brain. She is in amazing hands up at Primary Children’s Hospital. Please, I am asking for prayers. … This is the worst experience of my life.”

The Utah native announced a social media hiatus on April 10 after documenting her daughter’s recovery. “As her mom I just feel this overwhelming need to just be present with her during this next chapter in her life,” the Bachelor in Paradise alum explained to her Instagram followers. “This is not my story to tell. This is her story.”

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