article_snippet.sent: Ms Gilchrist told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Gilchrist was airlifted from The mother of one country hometown of Warwick to Brisbane where Ms Gilchrist underwent emergency surgery.
article_snippet.sent: When Ms Gilchrist woke
article_snippet.sent: and I had tears rolling down my cheeks,' Ms Gilchrist said. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Gilchrist has lost all feeling below Ms Gilchrist belly button and will never have control over Ms Gilchrist bowel or bladder.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Gilchrist would never walk again and would be confined to a wheelchair .
article_snippet.sent: I was so lucky it went to her spine... if it went to my brain I would have died and if it went to my brain went to my limbs my limbs would have been amputated,' Ms Gilchrist said. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Gilchrist is now being taught how to adapt to life in a wheelchair so Ms Gilchrist can live independently and care for Tommy.
article_snippet.sent: As Ms Gilchrist focuses on Ms Gilchrist long recovery, Ms Gilchrist friends have also been busy with Ms Gilchrist's friends own project.