but for kristen grindley, each felt like a little miracle. raining at st. luke's, in inpatient really politician facility. videos posted on facebook chronicled her progress. kristen exercising, playing games to strengthen eye hand coordination. simple tasks, but with kristen's injuries, they required grueling efforts. >> you're doing great honey. >> thanks pop, i love you. >> january seems like a cloud lifted off of. her all the sudden, she was asking why am i here. >> now when kristen's searched for the life she had lived, she had only shards of memories seen through a haze. she asked her family for reminders, seeking out treasured pieces of the past. they brought her dog coda to st. lukes for an enthusiastic reunion. there was one part of the past kristen seemed much less excited about, her old boyfriend richard pasma. the lives she had filter him so strongly now seemed to have vanished along with her memory. >> she said yeah, i'm gonna break up with him. >> she kept saying, i need to break up with that dude. finally i said, who are you talk

kristen grindley will likely be dealing with the injury she suffered on november 11th, 2009, for the rest of her life. but she keeps her focus on the good things ahead. >> do you think of yourself as lucky? >> yes. >> because you're here? >> yes. ♪ ♪ ♪ i am very happy that i am okay. >> that is all for this edition of dateline. i am andrea canning, thank you for watching. >>> hello, i'm andrea canning, and this is dateline. >> it was getting dark as the hunter pulled the trigger, the shape someone said looked like a bear wasn't. >> i heard this god awful scream. >> but was this an accident? >> there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. >> or something else? >> he says i'm worth more to her dead than i am alive. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story saw two people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but all agreed this husband and wife had one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here's keith morrison wi