Friday, February 29, 2008

Sgt Courtney Gale takes another step!

For all those that have been watching, asking, holding their breath and praying for our friend Courtney.... You will be happy to know that she is being released today from the Shepard center in Atl !

Thank you all for the well wishes, etc.... She still has a long road to recovery but this huge step is only proof of how strong she is.

The following is in the paper this morning:

An Athens-Clarke police officers is due to be released from an Atlanta rehabilitation hospital today, more than two months after she was nearly stabbed to death while working a private security job off duty.

Courtney Gale's planned discharge from the Shepherd Center is a milestone in the 31-year-old officer's recovery, said her mother, Linda Gale.

"She won't be in need of nursing care any more, but she will still be doing five days of physical, occupational and cognitive therapy," Linda Gale said.

Courtney Gale was working at the Alps Road Kroger store Dec. 11 when a man with a history of mental illness stabbed her a dozen times.

Gale will live in an apartment in Decatur while in outpatient rehab, her mother said.

Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on 022908

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