Lauren Scruggs is making leaps and bounds in her recovery since walking into the spinning propeller of a plane and is now walking and eating solid foods.

The 23-year-old model/fashion blogger, whose face and shoulder and hand were sliced by the propeller on December 3, has been able to eat some of her favorite foods, including sweet potatoes and hard-boiled eggs, her father wrote on about Lauren on CaringBridge.com.

“It’s just a miracle to see the progress that she’s been making,” Jeff Scruggs said, according to ABC News. He reported that she is bouncing back following the traumatic injuries she suffered.

Lauren Scruggs smiled Saturday night and it was one of the biggest accomplishments she's made since accidentally walking into the propeller of a plane a week earlier.

The Texas model and fashion blogger, 23, lost her left hand in the freak accident. As RadarOnline.com reported, one side of her face and her shoulder were also badly mutilated.

But an update on her CaringBridge.org page, web page is full of upbeat news.

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"Lauren had a great day today!" her family posted just before midnight.

"She was awake and alert for most of the day! She was able to drink some juice and eat a tiny bit, keep praying for this! She walked up and down the hall 3 times today with the help of a physical therapist, the doctors are all very pleased with her progress.

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"Earlier in the week, we requested prayer for Lauren's facial nerve, and it appears prayers have been answered! Lauren is able to smile and lift both eyebrows on her own, such a miracle! Please continue to pray for this recovery, as well as her left eye.

"Lauren's sweet spirit continues to shine through every day, reminding us of the miracle that she is!"

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Scruggs still has an extremely long recovery period ahead of her.  Brain damage was among her severe injuries and she's already had several surgeries, but her recent progress is giving everyone around her encouragement.

"She will fight through this," Cheryl Scruggs says of her daughter.

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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.