I thought I’d just take a second to update the status of my Aunt and Uncle.
Their medical status is better, but they were still both shot in the head at point-blank range. Ruby is doing much better than Ed. She’s been walking around and has been talking to her family. She even talked to my mom on the phone for a bit. Ed is not doing as well. Since he’s the one that tried to tackle one of the five men (and I use that term very loosely) and throw him over the balcony rail, he was worked over a bit more than Ruby. Ed’s lip is still swollen badly and he’s only able to eat soft foods. They did, however, remove his breathing tube and he’s breathing on his own, but he has a few more wounds that I wasn’t previously told about. I don’t know the nature of those wounds, but one is on his side (and might be another gunshot) and the other is on his heel (possibly a knife cut, possibly a bullet that grazed him…).
There was also talk as of late yesterday afternoon (local time) of releasing them from the hospital to recover at home. They will both have to return at a later date for some reconstructive surgeries on their faces.
In other news, my mom and one of her sisters are out there helping my cousin care for them. They flew out late on Monday night. I know they are all in a whirlwind of activity and healing (both physical and psychological) and I’m constantly on edge waiting for my phone to ring.
That’s all for now. To my knowledge, only one local television station put a video clip on their website about this story. If you know otherwise, please e-mail me and let me know. I’ll place a link to it on the site.