CINCINNATI

An Elder High School grad who was critically injured has been accepted into a stem cell research study at Rush University in Chicago, his family reported.

Ryan Custer, a Wright State University freshman, was injured during a pool party near Miami University earlier this month.

He suffered a traumatic head injury, fracturing his vertebrae and sending him to the intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Family and friends said he's undergone multiple surgeries on his spine, was put on a breathing tube and has had a tracheotomy performed. As of Tuesday, he was talking and breathing on his own for a few hours at a time, and feeling had returned to his feet.

Custer will leave for Chicago to participate in the study as soon as he is able, his family said.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Ryan Custer and his family during this difficult time.

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