Aurora theater shooting victim excels in recovery
the trial … and now the sentencing phase is forcing families to re- live the violence they witnessed in aurora three years ago. but a southern colorado family isn’t letting the tragedy stop them from moving forward. caleb medley survived a shot to the head, but a brain injury changed his life forever. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller shows us how caleb’s determination to recover makes him colorado strong. ?e?u?l nats of him ?x standing solo – otis: “this is al him” th strength to stand – something otis medley couldn’t picture for his son – three years ago. 3:40 he was still essentially, bedridden?x or a few hours in his wheelchair, eating small small amounts by feeding tube. fed him at night in the feeding tube and essentially he was invalid. now, there is no limit of possibilities for caleb medley. 6::33 it’s not something i’m gonna allow to rule our lives, caleb was inside the aurora theater ?? theater watching the first showing of the dark night rises… when ?? james holmes opened fire. nats – 911 call / “there are bodies everywhere. oh my god, oh my god. one of the guys we came with is dead! oh my god, which way do we go?” caleb wa shot in the head, his brain seriously damaged. his wife, katie was pregnant with their son, hugo. they were not hurt. he can understand everything you say to him otis: have you all been to a movie? but his response is still impaired. caleb: ju-ra-ssic world. his love for movies still strong… he wears a t-shirt with one of his favorite actors – 7:45 greg: who’s the guy on your shirt? caleb: zack ga-la-fa- na-kus he uses charts with letters to spell out words. 3:00 you’ve got things like, math, he does, they do things like balancing a checkbook, count money, general math type of things. reboot the brain in those areas. just reinforce if he’s got a good handle on it. they’re hopeful most days, though, it isn’t always easy. 5:45 don’t misunderstand me, there are the days when i’m thinking, why do we even bother? it’s one of those problems, but the reason we don’t is that i don’t focus on what’s going on in denver as much. his left arm is still in a brace – but he’s slowly regaing motor control. his dad credits the recovery to caleb’s work ethic. 5:22 he wants to walk, do things like drive and he knows the only way to go through that is to go through the process. 2:54 otis: moving forward? caleb: yes. otis: that’s a yes. that drive to recover … proves caleb medley is colorado strong. twice a week the medley’sx?x? x? x?x? travel to rocky ford rehabilitation in travel to rocky ford rehabilitation in colorado springs. caleb works with a speech therapist … even learning to sing in music classes.
