Lydia Kaiser, a student who suffered a brain injury during the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, has been released from the hospital.

She was injured while protecting a younger student, according to a verified GoFundMe.

A statement from the Kaiser family released by Children’s Minnesota hospital says that she returned home Saturday, ‘after more than a week of thousands of prayers, surgery and constant care from extraordinary medical staff.’

“She is strong and in good spirits,” the statement reads. “Please continue to keep her in your prayers.”

On Thursday, her parents said she had suffered a traumatic brain injury from a bullet and underwent two brain surgeries — one to remove bullet fragments and another ‘to alleviate the swelling and

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