'he is facing an urgent, complex, and lengthy surgery today to again attempt to repair his torn esophagus,' a family spokesman said.
' spine was severed when he was shot at the July 4th parade in Highland Park last week, and was left paralyzed from the waist down.at University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, after a family spokesman said he was removed from a ventilator, had regained consciousness, and was asking to see his twin brother and his dog.
"Cooper currently is spiking a fever and an elevated heart rate due to a new infection, which is being treated with medication," Loizzi said in an email. "As a result, he is facing an urgent, complex, and lengthy surgery today to again attempt to repair his torn esophagus. This is his seventh surgery and is of particularly high risk given his age and current condition," Loizzi said.Cooper's mother - Dr. Keely Roberts, the superintendent for Zion Elementary School District 6 – was also shot and wounded. Cooper's twin brother, Luke, was injured by shrapnel.
Their mom, Dr. Roberts, was seriously injured - shot twice in the foot and leg area. She has had several surgeries, but the family spokesperson said when she learned her son's spinal cord was severed last week, she demanded to be released from the hospital where she was being treated so she could be at his side.
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