The Illinois 8-year-old boy, Cooper Roberts, who was shot during the Highland Park shooting on Independence Day is headed home, according to his parents.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!shooting has returned home after a months-long battle in the hospital.that left seven people dead, as well as dozens more injured. A bullet went through Cooper's upper abdomen and injured his spinal cord, esophagus, and abdominal aorta, according to a previous statement from his parents, Jason and Keely Roberts.
Cooper Roberts, the 8-year-old boy who was shot during the Highland Park, Illinois shooting has returned home after a months-long battle in the hospital. "Having our children reunited as a sibling unit and knowing that they can be together whenever they need or want to, is so special to us and to Cooper. They have held each other up and through so much during what has been the most horrific time in their lives. They have seen, in a way they never had before, just how much they enrich each other’s lives and how deep their love for one another truly is," the statement reads.
"The transition to having Cooper’s extensive medical needs being addressed at home vs. at the hospital or rehabilitation clinic is a gigantic learning curve for all of us. And, now that he is home, Cooper has to deal on a daily basis with the sadness and grief of recognizing all the things he’s lost," the statement reads.
"Yet, we choose to focus on what we do have. Cooper is alive and home and our sweet and lovely athletic little boy has made up his mind that he is going to figure out new ways to play sports. To steal a lyric from a great country song , in a happy-and-sad-all-at-the-same-time moment, Cooper has decided that he is going to find new sports to play," the statement reads.
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