8-year-old boy paralyzed in Highland Park shooting no longer requires IV pain medicine and feeding tube, family says
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The 8-year-old boy who was severely injured in the Fourth of July parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, no longer requires IV pain medicine and antibiotics and can now eat without a feeding tube, his family said Tuesday.
Cooper Roberts was left paralyzed by the shooting and had to undergo several critical surgeries in order to survive his injuries, which included a severed spinal cord and a partially collapsed lung, his family has said. During his recovery, he has been on heavy painkillers and felt "constant pain" from slow-healing internal wounds, the family previously shared.
"Removing all the tubes has been a huge mood booster for Cooper, to be able to eat some of his favorite foods and to start maneuvering his wheelchair better without the tubes getting in his way and causing him pain," the boy's family said in an update.
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