( CNN ) -- A 47-year-old woman who became paralyzed after breaking her neck and back on a turbulent flight is developing some motion in her toes and regaining some sensation after two operations , her doctor said Wednesday . Dr. Trey Fulp , an orthopedic spine surgeon who performed the surgeries at McAllen Medical Center in McAllen , Texas , told CNN that the woman initially was paralyzed from the chest down . She underwent six hours of surgery Saturday and a more than five-hour operation late Tuesday , the surgeon said . `` She is very brave and is talking , '' Fulp said . `` If she walks again , I get the first dance . '' The woman was on Continental Flight 511 en route from Houston , Texas , to McAllen early Saturday , a one-hour trip that had been delayed more than three hours because of severe storms that barreled through the Houston area on Friday night . The woman 's attorney , Ramon Garcia , said Tuesday that his client struck her head on the bathroom ceiling when the plane suddenly dropped during turbulence . `` We have a lady who got out of her seat and went to the bathroom , '' Garcia said . `` And while either in the bathroom or coming out of the bathroom is when this situation occurred . '' The woman was stretched out on the plane 's floor for the remainder of the flight until paramedics could start treating her , the attorney said . Fulp said another physician was on the flight . When that doctor realized the woman could n't get up , he held her until the flight landed 20 minutes later . Garcia said his client , a mother of three , did not want to be identified . Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark on Tuesday confirmed that the flight -- carrying 104 passengers and five crew members -- experienced turbulence and that two passengers and a crew member were transported to a hospital in McAllen . Clark said one passenger and the crew member were released , but the other passenger remains hospitalized . `` Our focus is assisting the customer who is still in hospital and her family , '' Clark said . Seat belt lights were illuminated during the turbulence , the spokeswoman said . However , it 's not clear whether the passenger was already out of her seat when the light came on or whether she ignored the light and got up to go to the bathroom . Federal aviation authorities are investigating . The Federal Aviation Administration said it 's providing crucial flight information to the National Transportation Safety Board . CNN 's Melanie Whitley and Ekin Middleton contributed to this report .
NEW : Woman has two operations after injuries led to paralysis , lawyer says . NEW : ` ` She is very brave and is strong , '' surgeon says . Woman hits head on a wall during turbulence on plane , lawyer says . Federal aviation agency investigating flight from Houston to McAllen , Texas .