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Lydia Kaiser Discharged After Annunciation Church Shooting as Another Student Remains Critical

Her recovery continues with a planned skull-replacement surgery following her family's appeal to Vice President Vance for action on gun violence.

A 12-year-old girl with a backpack and green polo school uniform shirt poses with her arms around a chocolate Lab on a front stoop of a home.
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Overview

  • Children's Minnesota confirmed Lydia Kaiser, 12, was released Saturday, making her the last of seven children treated there to leave the hospital.
  • Her care included surgery to remove bullet fragments and a decompressive hemicraniectomy, and her family reports she is walking and talking.
  • Twelve-year-old Sophia Forchas remains in critical condition with a bullet lodged in her brain and no current plan for removal, though doctors say her trajectory is cautiously improving.
  • The Aug. 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church killed Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10; of 18 injured children, only Sophia is still hospitalized, and three elderly parishioners were also wounded.
  • The Uvalde Foundation for Kids announced a National Student Heroism Award with a scholarship for Lydia, with a presentation ceremony to be scheduled.