HUTCHINSON, Kansas -- Twenty years after suffering a traumatic brain injury, Sarah Scantlin finally talked. Now she is coming home to Hutchinson.

There wasn’t a big party to welcome Sarah Scantlin home, just big smiles. It has been three months since she woke up from her coma.

Sarah’s progress is slow, but everyday she is learning something new.

"It is a whole lot of firsts, a lot of firsts -- the first words, the first movements, the first rollovers," said Betsy Scantlin, Sarah’s mother. "Everyday is a new day for me to say ’wow, she can do that today.’"

Sarah is just getting back from a month in Kansas City, where she underwent surgery and extensive rehabilitation.

Her arms were operated on so that she could move them properly. Another surgery straightened out her feet, which will allow Sarah to sit up and eventually stand.

Doctors believe, one day, she may be able to walk on her own.

Sarah may be home but she’s actually moving into a new room with a new roommate because her verbal skills have come along so far workers wanted to put her with someone she could communicate with.

Sarah was a little too tired to talk to her new roommate Thursday but they will have plenty of time to get to know each other now that Sarah is back home.

Sarah had another big celebration earlier this week. On Monday, she turned 39. It is the first birthday she has personally celebrated since she was 18 years old.