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Dakota “Cody” Trenkle Jr., 13, was missing for three days until he was found at the bottom of a ravine on Wednesday, July 30

He was then airlifted to a St. Louis hospital, where he was placed in a medically induced coma

On Wednesday, Aug. 13, his mother, Stephanie Neely, tells PEOPLE that despite Dakota still being at the start of the recovery process, his family is "very grateful for his progress"

Dakota "Cody" Trenkle Jr., the 13-year-old boy who was missing for over three days before he was found at the bottom of a ravine, has woken up from an 11-day medically induced coma, his mother, Stephanie Neely, tells PEOPLE.

"[It took] 11 long days after being missing for 80 hours” for her “to have hope that Cody was going to be okay," Neely says.

Dakota went missing on Sund

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