The teenager who survived three days at the bottom of a 240 foot ravine after a skateboarding accident is facing a setback in his recovery amid serious complications.
Dakota “Cody” Trenkle Jr. , 13, went missing on July 27, after he was last seen skateboarding in Goose Creek Lake, Missouri.
And after three days without food and water, a K-9 unit found him barely alive at the bottom of a ravine. 8
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Trenkle Jr. was airlifted to hospital and put in a medically induced coma, and on a ventilator, for nearly two weeks.
His mom maintained a bedside vigil and against the odds his recovery looked promising, with the family saying he was due to be moved to a rehab facility.
But speaking yesterday (14) his mom Stephanie Neely, 29, a corrections officer from Potosi, revealed he is now fac