An 8-year-old boy, among the youngest victims injured a Fourth of July parade shooting in Illinois, was hospitalized after a bullet severed his spinal cord.
injured a Fourth of July parade shooting in Illinois, was hospitalized after a bullet severed his spinal cord.
But after a gunman opened fire at the parade Monday, Cooper was left fighting for his life as his family reimagined what life would look like for him when he recovers. But Friday brought what Loizzi called"a very positive development" in Cooper's recovery. He said Cooper's status had been upgraded from critical condition to serious.
"Cooper continues to fight as hard as he can," the GoFundMe page said."We know their medical bills will be significant as will the treatments and therapy that will follow. Please continue to keep the Roberts family in your thoughts and prayers."Luke was struck by shrapnel and has returned home from the hospital, Loizzi said. But some of the shards remain in his body because it would have been too dangerous to remove them.
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