Watch This College Student Celebrate Her First Bite of Food Since Nearly Dying of a Brain Bleed

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College sophomore Malori Maddox collapsed Nov. 11 during a volleyball game and was taken to a Wichita Falls hospital for emergency surgery on a brain bleed, KFYO reports. Since then, Maddox has been transferred to the Dallas Zale Lipshy University hospital where she continues to make progress despite losing a lot of mental capacity from the rupture.

The bleed was due to a previously undiscovered arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — a tangle of abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels that can form anywhere in the body — in her brain. Maddox's family has been chronicling her recovery on Facebook. They posted the above video Nov. 19 of Maddox eating by herself for the first time since her collapse. She takes a spoon from a loved one, brings it to her mouth, and smiles really big when she takes a bite.

The most recent update from her family is that Maddox is rehabilitating and regaining strength and mental functionality slowly. She's set to undergo two more surgeries Jan. 5 and 6 to completely remove the remaining parts of the AVM.

You can help Maddox's family deal with their increasing medical bills here.

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