Overview

• The 12-year-old is set to transfer from acute care at HCMC to an inpatient rehabilitation program this week for ongoing therapy.
• Her family reports steady neurological improvement and describes her survival and healing as “miraculous,” requesting continued prayers.
• Surgeons performed a decompressive craniectomy, removing the left half of her skull, and a bullet remains lodged in her brain.
• The Aug. 27 attack at Annunciation Catholic Church killed two children and injured 21 others; police identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who died by suicide.
• A verified GoFundMe for the Forchas family has raised more than $1.14 million to support medical care and recovery needs.