In Memory of Cassandra Yazzie-Hotchkiss

Noah had plastic surgery on the area surrounding his right eye and the orthopedics team set his right arm. The biggest obstacle facing him, at this point, is his back. His spine was damaged in two locations: bruising in the thoracic region of the spine, and some vertebrae separation in the lumbar region of the spine. Due to one or both of these injuries, he currently has no movement or reflexes below the waist, no feeling in his right leg, and very faint feeling in his left leg. At this point, the doctors have scheduled him for surgery on Tuesday, November 24th to have 4 of the vertebrae in the lumbar region fused together, if they don’t heal on their own. Noah will be working with physical therapists every day to try to regain movement, and he has the entire neurology team at The Children’s Hospital of Denver (one of the top 4 Children’s hospitals in the country) working on his case. Both the Chief of Neurology and the neurological attending doctor (the top two Neurologists here) have taken a very personal interest in Noah’s case, and they will be making sure that he has every possible tool to succeed.