Gabe Kennedy (center) during a recent visit from family and friends. (Photos from Solea Kennedy’s GoFundMe page)
Kennedy stands on his new prosthetic leg.
Good news continues to flow in for Gabe Kennedy and his many supporters.
Kennedy, older brother of former CHS football star Ben Haight, was seriously hurt in a hit and run accident in Reno May 8, but his recovery has taken great strides in the last few weeks.
Currently at the University of Washington’s Rehab Center, Kennedy has been fitted with a prosthetic leg and is on target to be released Aug. 1.
His family, headed up by his mom, popular Coupeville Food Bank volunteer Solea Kennedy, has rented him a room overlooking Penn Cove.
In recent updates on the family’s GofFundMe page, Gabe’s progress has been encouraging:
When Gabe came to UW, he only had about 65% flexion in his left knee. Today the therapist measured it to 100!
He is able to transfer in and out of a wheelchair using a sliding board with just standby assistance.
Gabe is doing very well today! Activity and appetite levels are good. Weekly progress meeting (with about fifteen) specialists and whatnot found him meeting all goals and exceeding one!
Gabe is getting stronger everyday. Slated for another field trip on sat. Pain is not with him today, but was yesterday.
Gabe is doing great. He received his prosthetic leg on Friday. He had to adjust to wearing it, an hour on and off for a few days, to make sure it is fitting properly before he can start practicing standing on it.
His left leg still cannot tolerate full weight bearing … another couple of weeks for that.
For updates and to help the family with their considerable expenses, pop over to:
Coupeville Sports 
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