After tragedy, multiple surgeries, Amedy Dewey presses on

Pat Dewey, 71, picks up her granddaughter, Amedy Dewey, 23, at West Shore Community College in Scottville on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

Amedy Dewey, 23, uses a walking stick as she approaches the arts and science center at West Shore Community College in Scottville on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

Amedy Dewey, 23, holds a wooden frame with a photo of her and her deceased mother inside the arts and science center at West Shore Community College in Scottville on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. The picture was taken in late fall of 2017. Dewey was 17, and her mother was 50. The photo was taken a month and a half before her mother was killed in a gun violence incident.

Amedy Dewey, 24, stands outside the passenger door of her boyfriendÕs car after they finished shopping at Walmart in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Charles Austin, 21, pushes a shopping cart down an aisle of process food items beside his girlfriend, Amedy Dewey, 24, inside Walmart in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, looks through her wallet, searching for her credit card as she shops inside Walmart with her boyfriend, Charles Austin, 21, in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, smiles as she holds a bright giant stuffed red teddy bear while talking with her boyfriend, Charles Austin, 21, inside Walmart in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, holds an item close to her face as she attempts to read the description while standing beside her boyfriend, Charles Austin, 21, as they shop inside Walmart in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Charles Austin, 21, stands next to a shopping cart while watching his girlfriend, Amedy Dewey, 24, hold a colorful rug inside Walmart in Ludington on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Dewey graduated from the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons Training Center, where she learned to cook by sound, to cross a street with a cane, and to become self-sufficient.

Amedy Dewey, 24, walks in front of her boyfriend Charles Austin, 21, as she holds a bag full of groceries outside her home in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Charles Austin, 21, helps move the hair off Amedy Dewey's, 24, face as she makes breakfast early in the morning inside her home in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, holds a voice-activated thermometer that she uses to cook inside her home in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, opens her refrigerator door and prepares breakfast early in the morning inside her home in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.

Amedy Dewey, 24, holds a bag of cheddar cheese as she stands next to her boyfriend, Charles Austin, 21, asking him if the cheese has expired inside her home in Scottville on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Dewey lost her vision after her stepfather shot Dewey in the face with a shotgun. He then killed Dewey's mom and killed himself. Dewey, who was 18 then, had half her face blown off when she was shot. But she survived.