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and then the high school prom. after that, classes for the blind where she d meet jeffrey dilger, who was also blinded at 16. they fell in love and have been together ever since. and 11 months ago, jeffrey jr. arrived. a daunting new addition for two blind parents. almost as though you don t even know you re blind. reporter: but most difficult of all, the year-long multi-surgery marathon to rebuild the bowl-shaped crater that had been left in her face. year after year, crissy was refused insurance coverage. they called it an aesthetic procedure. it s just as much of a medical necessity, to me, as an artificial arm or a leg. reporter: dr. larry over and dr. david trainer are maxillofacial prosthodontics who, like dr. dirks, are working for free. the steps to rebuild her face, complete with natural character and realistic eyes, is part science and part artistry. positioning the acrylic eyes is
with her boyfriend. but she still attended school every day, getting straight as, until everything changed. her friends robbed a country store and stole dozens of guns. crissy was in the getaway car. then one night, when a group of teenagers were drinking at her apartment, someone started fooling around with a stolen shotgun. my words were, put that down before you kill somebody. and he told me, it s not loaded. reporter: the blast that followed took two-thirds of crissy s face with it. crissy was rushed to the hospital where one of the first people to see her was dr. eric dirks, a maxillofacial surgeon who would remain in her life the next decade. have you ever seen anything like crissy stilts case? i ve not seen anything quite so severe where the patient lived. reporter: in a coma and hospitalized for six weeks, crissy had no idea what had happened to her when she