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Sophia Forchas to Enter Inpatient Rehab as Recovery Advances After Annunciation Church Shooting

Once the last victim in critical condition, the 12-year-old now shows steady neurological gains.

Overview

  • Her family said Monday she will transfer this week from HCMC acute care to an inpatient rehabilitation program.
  • Forchas was shot in the head during the Aug. 27 all-school Mass at Annunciation Church, where two children were killed and 21 others were wounded.
  • She spent more than two weeks in critical condition before being upgraded to serious on Sept. 11.
  • Doctors performed decompressive surgery after warning she might not survive, and her neurosurgeon described signs of improvement as a miracle.
  • A GoFundMe for medical costs has raised more than $1 million as the community returns to class and honors the two children who were killed.