(CNN) -- Malala Yousafzai was glad to hear that her long ordeal of surgeries will soon be over. Just two more to go, doctors in Britain say. Hopefully. She will receive a titanium plate in the coming days, to cover an opening in her skull, and an inner ear implant. Read more: Malala's journey from near death to recovery A gunman shot the teenage activist in the head and neck in October as she rode home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Islamist extremists from Tehrik-e-Taliban intended to kill her for taking a stand for the right of girls to get an education. The terrorists have said they will target her again.
@highlight
Malala chose the titanium over her own bone fragment
@highlight
Doctors in Pakistan had removed the fragment to save her life, when her brain swelled
@highlight
Hospital official: Malala has a great sense of humor
@highlight
The Pakistani Taliban tried to kill her for standing up for girls' right to an education
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistani
Doctors could have covered the breach with the original piece of her skull, which she has carried under her skin since October, where a surgeon in @placeholder implanted it for safe keeping.