On May 31, Kremmling resident Shannon Kolb was shot by her boyfriend, David Cunningham, in their front yard. He then shot and killed himself.

More than six months later, Kolb began offering regular updates to the community via posts on her GoFundMe page, writing that she still has a long road to recovery.

On the page, Kolb describes the hours, days, weeks and months after the shooting.

“I was airlifted to the hospital, and for days my family did not know if I would live,” Kolb wrote. “My injuries were so severe I was in surgery for a week and then on a ventilator for a week. Miraculously, I survived.”

Kolb, who was shot multiple times in the stomach, has struggled to cope with the physical and mental trauma as a team of doctors works to repair her injuries.

“I spent over a month in the hospital, 100 miles from home and my traumatized son,” she wrote, adding that her 8-year-old son witnessed the shooting.

After medical setbacks necessitating more surgeries, Kolb has remained unable to work or eat solid food, according to her posts. She has been taking care of her son with support from friends and family.

“I have a very long road ahead of me to heal physically from my injuries. We have an even longer road to try and heal from the mental trauma,” she wrote.

In the meantime, she is waiting to receive disability benefits. In Colorado, it takes the government an average of 7.3 months to review people’s applications and make a decision, according to the Social Security Administration.

However, there have been some positives since Kolb returned home to Kremmling: She wrote that she and her son enjoyed a good Christmas thanks to the community’s generosity.

“We are doing the best we can to move forward. My son is the most resilient, sweet, kind and loving child,” Kolb wrote. “He remains his shining self in spite of what happened to us. He is my hero.”