School shooting victim Maya Gebala has undergone a successful cranioplasty to repair damage to her skull and her family is hopeful the procedure will be the 12-year-old’s final surgery.
Maya’s father David Gebala announced the success of the procedure in a May 5 Facebook post, saying that although the operation “took a little longer than expected,” a synthetic implant is now in place where his daughter’s skull was damaged by one of the bullets that struck her during the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Gebala and Maya’s mother Cia Edmonds have been providing regular updates on their daughter’s condition since she was rushed to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver for treatment. This week’s operation marks her fifth to date, and Edmonds said if successful, it could be the Grade 7 student’s last surgery….