Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy shot and paralyzed during the 4th of July parade massacre in Highland Park, is in constant pain as he makes a slow physical and emotional recovery, his family said.
, is in constant pain as he makes a slow physical and emotional recovery, his family said.
"Cooper is in constant pain. It is agonizing to see. He still has internal damage – wounds that are slow to heal. He is on a constant IV drip of antibiotics to ward off infection, has swelling that obscures the full internal picture, and suffers stomach pain as his body relearns to process mainly liquid food. He remains on heavy painkillers from which he is being weaned this week," his family said.
"He desperately misses his twin brother, Luke. He misses his family, his home, his room, his toys, his friends, his dog and his school and everything from – and he's beginning to ask things like, 'What will I do at recess?' though it will be many weeks before he goes back to school," his family said.Cooper's family has said he will likely spend 6 to 12 weeks in rehab. After that, he will rejoin his twin brother, Luke, in the third grade in Highland Park.
Cooper's brother, Luke, suffered only minor physical injuries – but the emotional trauma has been devastating on its own, Roberts wrote.
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