Alberta teenager from whom after an attack at a resort in the Dominican Republic

A man from Edmonton, who was attacked at a resort in the Dominican Republic, emerges from a coma in the hospital.

Cindy Rowan says she was released by her son Chase Delorme-Rowan, also talking for the first time since January 14, When they were scored on the ground during a family vacation, celebrating his 18th birthday.

He says the doctors are still trying to understand when they can replace a piece of his skull that is removed to recover his swollen brain in the brain – and then rejected.

“He communicates very well and doesn’t hurt. He’s happy and jokes a lot,” Rowan said.

“Doctors try to train the brain because the part is still dead.”

Delorme-Rowan was at a resort in Punta Cani with his family when they say he was lifted by a collar of his shirt and scored to the floor of the tile.

His skull was cracked from top to bottom, and a blood clot dismissed his brain, his mother said.

A Canadian who was also a guest at the resort was charged with an attack that had caused bodily harm and remained in custody on the Caribbean island.

Delorme-Rowan flew back to Edmonton and treated at the Albert University Hospital.

He woke up last week and murmured, “Hi, Mom,” his mother said.

It was hard to tell him about what happened, she said.

“He cried, and I told him, ‘It’s the past, look ahead. “

He received hundreds of messages from friends and loved ones on social networks, she added. It also continues to undergo physiotherapy.

“I’m happy to be in Canada, I tell you. Definitely happy to be home. Happy to be in a good hospital. His doctors work amazing, “Rowan said.

“A lot of stress is out of my shoulders.”