Cipriano-Trahan Families Ask for Continued Privacy, Prayers

As Salvatore and Rose Cipriano continue to recover, the Cipriano/Trahan family issued a statement today that the two are not ready for visitors beyond immediate family. 

 Vice President of Community Relations Margo Gorchow sent the statement to media this afternoon, along with a brief update on Salvatore's condition. The mother and son were at their Farmington Hills home. 

 earlier this month from Botsford Hospital to a rehabilitation facility, and her sister Beth Trahan has said that she is making a miraculous recovery.  

The statement reads: 

The Cipriano and Trahan families are forever indebted to those individuals and institutions that have volunteered, supported, and contributed toward helping the family. All of you have helped restore our faith in humanity and the strength of community. This tragedy has leapt into the family rooms of the entire community and sparked dialogue between parents and children about what's important in life:  faith, values, and love. Bob Cipriano did not die in vain, he would be proud that his death was the impetus for such an important dialogue. 

As with any traumatic brain injury, there are deep and unanticipated consequences. We realize that the community yearns to know that Rose and Sal are healing. We answer that question in the affirmative, they are healing. Prayers work. We've remained guarded in our announcements through the Cipriano Support Group on Facebook and from Botsford Hospital because we've learned that there are good days and bad in the recovery process. Both patients have enjoyed and endured both.

The recovery road ahead is long and wrought with many peaks and valleys. We ask that you continue to extend your prayers and thoughts for the family. Please refrain from requesting to visit Rose or Sal. When they are ready to entertain guests, they will in all their glory. However, for the time being, neither of them are able to have visitors outside of immediate family. Tanner and Isabelle, with the help of the Cipriano and Trahan families, continue to lead as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. 

According to the statement, Salvatore's condition "is still considered to be critical, again not unusual for this level of brain trauma. He has shown increased responsiveness to his daily PT (physical therapy) and OT (occupational therapy)."

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