Andrew Ellis, 8, uses his left hand to place his right hand onto a walker as he prepares for a physical therapy session at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Andrew was badly injured in the April 27 tornado that struck Apison, Tenn., but doctors are optimistic that eventually he will recover fully.
ATLANTA-Andrew Ellis, the 8-year-old Rossville boy who lived to tell about being thrashed by a 190-mph tornado, sits on the edge of his hospital bed, slightly hunched over.
The look he casts toward the sunny day outside his window is a distant one, and it calls to mind two questions he asked his doctor in the early morning hours of April 28, a day after tornadoes killed 77 people in the Chattanooga area.
“When can I go home?”
Another week or two, his doctors say today.
Five weeks ago, authorities found Andrew unconscious, broken and bloodied in a ditch.