The model and fashion editor who lost her hand and suffered serious head injuries when she walked into a small plane propeller took her first tentative steps on Wednesday.

Lauren Scruggs, 23, of Plano, Texas, is currently recovering from numerous surgeries including a left hand amputation in Dallas' Parkland Hospital, where a physical therapist helped her walk for the first time since her accident last weekend.

"Once she got halfway there, she said, '30,'" wrote her friends and family on the CaringBridge.org website that they have created for her.