Cameron Update: Please note this is a long update and we are using FB to communicate to the larger “Cameron Community” Please feel free to share, copy and paste to anyone you know concerned about Cameron who is not on FB or not getting this feed in FB. As many of you have heard and for those who have not, our son Cameron Connolly, had a traumatic accident early Sunday morning while at Bridgewater State. Cameron fell backwards from a porch and fell on his back, was rushed to Boston Medical Center to have emergency spinal surgery and has been in intensive care since then. The outpouring of support from everyone including family friends from Peabody /Lynn and allover, the BSU baseball team, has been in one word "overwhelming!" I felt it is best to use this platform to share an update as many have reached out to Jen and I (and Cameron) asking what happened and offering prayers and support. As this is a spinal injury, this affects Cameron’s Central Nervous System, this injury is traumatic, severe and life changing. Current status for Cameron is he has paralysis from his waist down which will require a new normal including a use of a wheelchair to get around along with other accommodations. Fortunately, the injury did not affect his head/brain or upper body. He has full strength (and plenty of it) in his upper body and he is fully fluent and can communicate as normal. In the immediate, this means Cameron (Jen & I) have entered a life changing event and a new normal which will be a massive adjustment but we will conquer this. For Cameron, he will be going to Spaulding Rehab to learn how he will need to function to live moving forward (Essentially everything we normally use our lower body he will need to learn again). Cameron's goal is to walk again and he will as he is in top physical strength, and is determined to do this. This new challenge will be on Cameron with everyone supporting him to push him in his toughest battle yet to achieve this. Cameron is extremely motivated to walk again and we know he will achieve this. We thank everyone for their phone/texts asking for and supporting Cameron. Many have asked what or how they can show their support. For now, the many teammates, friends that have come to visit and support, please continue to do this as he needs his community to support him. Continue to reach out to Cam, either by phone or text. While he enters Spaulding he will need to focus on rehab but would love to see anyone. Feel free to text me to find out the best time to visit as he will have a regimented schedule that he will need to and wants to focus on this. In closing as all know how much Cameron has loved playing baseball and achieved so much from t-ball to college, I am sharing this video as it has made Jen and I so proud and will continue to be of Cam. If you were there you know! On that cool spring day at Peabody High it was one of the best high school baseball games I ever witnessed, and not just of what Cam did but the game was a crisp clean game with only one error with a pitchers duel, Cameron pitching into extra innings with a shut out and scoreless game and came up with one out in the bottom of the eighth (thanks to Brian Crocker recording this) Cam's Community---Let's rally around the Connolly Family and help support them either through a card sent to Cam, a home cooked meal, a gift card or a donation to Venmo @Jennifer-Connolly-38 or Go Fund Me in the attched link https://gofund.me/320d99e12. We want to make sure they are taken care of during this time and will update this page as their needs change. Thank you for all the support!!