We’ve been cheering on Drew and his many supporters.
He is still improving as 2007 approaches.
Drew Donnellan, 16, suffered a spinal cord injury May 12 when he over-rotated during a flip at gymnastics practice. The boy from Jamaica — adopted as an infant by Fran when she was in the Peace Corps — was diagnosed with quadriplegia and spent more than three months at Craig Hospital, a spinal cord center in Denver.
Drew came home Aug. 30, and returned to Salpointe Catholic High School two weeks later.
Drew’s arms are much stronger and slightly more dexterous now, but he is still confined to a power wheelchair.
At the end of his first semester, the junior is on pace to graduate on time with his class. When he first moved home, it took his mother three hours to get him dressed. Now, Drew can get ready in an hour and a half.
Things are getting back to the way they once were in the house on Edison Street, but they will never be the same.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 