re: Brian Battie

Could possibly be something like that. My grandfather was born in 1892. He was a very old man when I was born. He had grandkids older than his second set of 7 children. Massive family reunions. Would be people from school show up and find out we were 3rd cousins or some shite like that

My only point was they weren’t in prison they were at a strip mall. How not to end up in prison is if shite looks like it might go down then just go home.

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I saw a interview a while back where a guy who had shot someone was being tried for murder. His claim was that he never had a chance as a child and the biggest reason was because hid dad left early and his mom just could not handle him and his 3 brothers.

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This is an entire culture with kids being "raised" without intact families and fathers, especially. My company partners with a Single Moms - Women in Technology organization in Atlanta and we work with them to put them through a technology bootcamp and hire them as contractors and some convert over to full-time. Some are the best and the brightest you can imagine and others are just the opposite of that and it's sad to think of what their children will become but they don't have much of a chance, sadly.

That’s promising. The silence has been deafening

Hand movement is big. Praying for a toe wiggle soon. Brian was in good physical shape going into this, so that always helps the road to recovery.

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Hand movement is big.

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Any movement is an encouraging sign at this point. The recovery from a gunshot to the head is long and difficult but it is possible. In younger people the brain can build pathways around the injured area but this is most likely to happen before the brain is fully developed at around age 25.

We heard about hand movement before the setback

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Blake off 59th street?

I would think Sarasota Memorial would be closer but I don't know about their capabilities vs other hospitals.

I remember when Blake was built....

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When the initial report came out, they said some of the patients were sent to Sarasota hospitals and some were sent to Manatee hospitals. Blake is a trauma unit so I was just taking a guess.

My wife works at Sarasota but worked at Blake the first year we were in Florida. My shop is just off Cortez Ave at 43rd street. Near the bowling alley.

Yea any movement is a good sign, still long way to go. Really hope for the best for him.

Better than no news and sounds like he is recovering well which is definitely good. Who knows the long term impact this will have on him, but he is stable and recovering. Right now that is all that matters.