Family, friends rally around Stoneman Douglas basketball player shot multiple times and in 'miracle' fight for life

It's a "miracle" she is still alive, her mother says.

A basketball player at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is fighting for her life after being shot multiple times on Wednesday during the horrific massacre.

Maddy Wilford's mother posted on Facebook that surgeons did not even know how many times her daughter was shot, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

The junior suffered wounds that "went through her back, crushing her ribs, piercing her right lung and exiting her stomach," mother Missy wrote. "Several went through the shoulder and traveled the length of her right arm before exiting."

The teen was supposed to be competing in the playoffs against Cypress Bay on Thursday night, but instead she was in a Florida hospital after undergoing at least three surgeries.

Seventeen people were killed and many others were injured after Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the Parkland school with his legally-purchased AR-15 assault rifle.

"The long arduous road to recovery is just now beginning," a family friend of Maddy's wrote on a GoFundMe page on Thursday. "The show of support has been amazing, gratifying, and humbling. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

Basketball coach Marilyn Rule expressed her love and support on Facebook early Thursday, writing, "one of my basketball players is fighting for her life! Please pray for Maddy Wilford. She was shot several times Keep praying for Maddy! She has pulled through 2 surgeries today and will have a 3rd surgery tomorrow! We Love You Maddy."

During her latest surgery, doctors "put in permanent titanium plates to hold the ribs together," her mother said, according to the Sentinel. She said doctors are hopeful she will recover over time.

The basketball team was 15-7 heading into the regional quarterfinal game it was supposed to play on Thursday, according to the Sentinel.

"We're not thinking about anything else — just making sure she's OK," teammate Emily Cashion told the newspaper. "She's funny. She gets along with everyone. She keeps everyone up when we're having bad day or not having a good game."

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