christy mack , 23 , claims ex-boyfriend jonathan paul koppenhaver , 33 , beat and raped her until she almost died at her home on august 8 , 2014 .
she had been asleep next to a male friend when he ` burst in with a knife '
koppenhaver , who goes by the name war machine , claims to be innocent .
mack has opened up about her recovery , now needs glasses and a wig .
the case against koppenhaver , who faces 26 charges , resumes this fall .