Soraya Carswell was headed to the fair with her family back in October, when the car lost control, hitting another car head on off Williamson Street in Macon.
Carswell was severely injured with major swelling to the face and a brain injury to her frontal lobe. Emergency responders revived her twice on scene.
"I was beating on the door. But I had to get it together. I had to be patient until they got her back," says Carswell's mom, Y'kikka Haywood.
She was airlifted to the Children's Hospital in Atlanta, going through months of physical therapy.
Haywood says, "Basically we had to teach her how to do everything all over again. Basically like a baby all over again."
Carswell recently had brain surgery to repair her frontal lobe and skull. After the long months of recovering, the hospital cleared her to come home.
This holiday season, Carswell says coming home is the best present, "I'm thankful to still be here."
For Christmas, all she wants is to spend time with family.
"Because like when I was in the hospital I used to Facetime them, and I used to miss them."
And mom says she is happy to have her little girl back home, "I'm very thankful, because it could have been way worse."
The doctors say that Carswell is doing really well now, and she'll go back to the doctor for a check up in January just to make sure everything is healing well.