TROY -- Just six months ago, 18-year-old Rachel Stump was in a coma and fighting for her life, after being hit by a car on The Ohio State University campus.
"I was just there one day and I woke back up and when I was conscious I thought I was still going," said Rachel Stump.
She was on campus three days earlier than the rest of her freshman class.
"I was an Ohio welcome leader, I signed up to be one of those," said Stump. "I was gonna help everyone else in my hall move in, in my dorm move in."
Rachel posed with her mother, brother and father in her dorm room, just hours before the accident that nearly took her life.
"I really don't even remember processing it," she said, "I don't remember at any certain given point, remembering, oh this is what happened to me."
But she's seen pictures, one that shows Rachel's mother holding her nearly lifeless hand while she was in the coma.
At that point the doctors were unsure about her prognosis.
"Don't expect her to get better every day," said Stump. "She'll take one step forward and two steps back, consecutively, and I just miraculously kept getting better everyday."
A miracle even as she sat with her mother talking about her day.
Doctors weren't sure if she would be able to communicate, or have coordination in her arms and legs.
"I guess I wasn't supposed to be able to do any of that, but to me I was just like, yeah I can do it," Stump said with a laugh.
But she didn't do it alone. Thousands sent prayers to Rachel and her family on the PrayforRachel Facebook page.
It's something she'll never forget.
"Thank you so much, because it all means a lot and it obviously worked," she said.
Rachel is planning to go back to school full-time at Ohio State starting in the summer semester. She also plans on moving back to campus in the fall.
"I was just there one day and I woke back up and when I was conscious I thought I was still going," said Rachel Stump.
She was on campus three days earlier than the rest of her freshman class.
"I was an Ohio welcome leader, I signed up to be one of those," said Stump. "I was gonna help everyone else in my hall move in, in my dorm move in."
Rachel posed with her mother, brother and father in her dorm room, just hours before the accident that nearly took her life.
"I really don't even remember processing it," she said, "I don't remember at any certain given point, remembering, oh this is what happened to me."
But she's seen pictures, one that shows Rachel's mother holding her nearly lifeless hand while she was in the coma.
At that point the doctors were unsure about her prognosis.
"Don't expect her to get better every day," said Stump. "She'll take one step forward and two steps back, consecutively, and I just miraculously kept getting better everyday."
A miracle even as she sat with her mother talking about her day.
Doctors weren't sure if she would be able to communicate, or have coordination in her arms and legs.
"I guess I wasn't supposed to be able to do any of that, but to me I was just like, yeah I can do it," Stump said with a laugh.
But she didn't do it alone. Thousands sent prayers to Rachel and her family on the PrayforRachel Facebook page.
It's something she'll never forget.
"Thank you so much, because it all means a lot and it obviously worked," she said.
Rachel is planning to go back to school full-time at Ohio State starting in the summer semester. She also plans on moving back to campus in the fall.