Abigail Kopf winces, nuzzling the side of her head into her Batman pillow. She needs relief.
"Stop it, Abbie," her mother, Vickie, snaps.
"My head itches," Abbie moans, her voice reaching the familiar whine of a 14-year-old girl.
"I know, honey." Vickie's voice softens, weary with repetition. She straightens the black cap on her daughter's head, trying to cover the upper right section of Abbie's brain and skull that's completely missing.
Two months ago, a bullet pierced Abbie's head. The shot was fired at close range by a gunman in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Abbie is a slight girl weighing less than 100 pounds. The Kopfs have no clear understanding of why she survived, and even less of an understanding of how she can talk to them and remember so much so clearly.
"Willpower, strength?" asks Vickie, her eyes turning upward.
Her husband, Gene, is more blunt: "Sheer dumb luck. The path of the bullet. It was cold that night. She was near a trauma center. A lot of dumb luck there. Fortunately, she's here." cnn
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