As CBS 2's Charlie DeMar reports, Saturday's homecoming was years in the making, filled with no shortage of highs and lows.
-- Illinois state trooper Brian Frank, who suffered a severe brain injury while on the job in 2021, is back home with family after he was released from a rehab facility this morning.
As CBS 2's Charlie DeMar reports, Saturday's homecoming was years in the making, filled with no shortage of highs and lows"We've spent 817 sleeps apart and that ends today," said Frank's wife, Lauren. "Every day when Brian was on his way home, he would text me '76-home' and that was one of the last texts I got from him that day when he was on his way home," Lauren Frank said.
The nurses and staff who cared for Brian said their goodbyes-sending him off with a round of applause."I'm sad this isn't the homecoming that I anticipated," said Lauren Frank. "I've had to fight for this and wait for this for so long and our lives still won't return to normal."Back at the Frank's home, Lauren has redone the house to get it ready for Brian—where she says a change of scenery may just help him heal.
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