Sierra Fairhurst, 24, was on a dream trip with friends in March when the tragic crash occurred.
The Salem Hospital ICU nurse told Boston 25 she had a wonderful time in the Southeast Asian country.
'I remember going to see the elephants, and we went ziplining and like all the excursions that we did, but that's it,' she said.
Then, the trip took a horrific turn when she was driving the rented moped, and the young woman had no recollection of the accident until she woke up in a small hospital in Krabi with severe injuries.
'We were on the road and then we weren't,' she said. 'My eye socket is broken, I almost lost my eye, my cheekbones and nose were broken, so that's all metal now.'
According to GoFundMe, the Salem State University graduate suffered horrific facial injuries, a brain bleed and multiple broken bones.
She was taken to a shabby hospital on Thailand's west coast after the crash, while her devastated mother and brother traveled across the globe to be by her side.
'There are pigeons walking around our room,' her mother, Zoe Rose, told the local news station at the time.
'Physically, you can see that her nose is over to the side; physically, she doesn't have any teeth; her chin was kind of removed, but it's now back on, and her eyelid was gone, but that's now on.'
In the chaos of the accident, Fairhurst's passports and identification cards got lost, and she was unable to transfer to a hospital in Bangkok for facial surgery.
'In the confusion of the accident and her friends packing luggage to transfer with her to the next hospital, all of Sierra's identification is missing,' Rose said.
'She has no ID, social security card, or passport. It is imperative that once she is stable, she gets to come home to Boston and receive the best care and recover at home with her family.'
'The emotions of like, we've been approved, and oh my God, we're going, and oh my God, we're making progress and then crash it comes tumbling down.'
Eventually, the U.S. Embassy got her a passport and she was transported the Bangkok facility.
Fairhurst underwent multiple surgeries in the Thai capital and finally returned to the U.S. on March 27.
Immediately after landing at Boston Logan International Airport, Fairhurst went to the hospital and was cleared from inpatient treatment.
She has been to the wound clinic and oral maxillofacial surgeon and has appointments scheduled with her primary care provider, neurologist, ocular plastic surgeon, orthopedic surgeon and cosmetic dentist.
'I talk with a lisp now, and people often ask me to repeat myself a few times,' said Fairhurst.
'I would definitely like to heal quickly and be able to get back to work, see my coworkers and my friends and take care of my patients. But I know I need to be able to pour from a full cup, and if my cup isn't full, I can't help anybody else.'
Her mother is relieved to have her back home and is ready to support her through the long road to recovery.
'I know she's very self-conscious in regards to the scarring on her face and missing teeth, but she still came out of this alive, and her brain is healing and doing well, and she's still beautiful,' said Rose.
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