🚨 SHOCKING: MORE THAN 100 DAYS LATER, XAVIER’S FAMILY SAYS THEY STILL SEE THE BOY THEY KNOW — AND ONE NEW UPDATE HAS GIVEN THEM MORE REASON TO HOLD ON

For more than three months, Xavier Taylor’s family has lived through a nightmare no parent should ever have to face.

The 12-year-old baseball player was struck in the neck by a baseball during warmups on May 26.

He collapsed.

His heart stopped.

And his life changed in a matter of seconds.

Now, nearly four months later, his family says something has changed again.

Xavier has gained weight.

He is regulating his own body temperature.

And according to his father, his latest laboratory results have been remarkably encouraging.

But Xavier is still on a ventilator.

He remains unresponsive.

And his family is still waiting for the moment they have prayed for since that terrifying day.

The moment Xavier wakes up.

THE DAY A BASEBALL CHANGED EVERYTHING

On May 26, Xavier was preparing for a championship baseball game in Maple Shade, New Jersey.

He was doing what he loved.

He was a pitcher and shortstop.

He wore No. 6.

Then, during warmups, a baseball struck him in the neck.

The 12-year-old collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest.

Emergency responders rushed him for treatment, and his family began a fight that has now lasted for months.

MONTHS PASSED — BUT THE FAMILY NEVER LEFT

For Xavier’s parents, the calendar has become a painful measurement of time.

Weeks became months.

The baseball season moved on.

Summer arrived.

And Xavier remained at the center of his family’s world.

His community continued to rally around him, with supporters wearing No. 6, displaying blue ribbons and bats, and raising more than $100,000 for the family.

But inside the Taylor family, the focus remained much simpler.

Xavier.

THEN CAME THE LATEST UPDATE

On September 18, Xavier’s father, Gregory Taylor, shared an update with WPVI’s Trish Hartman.

And there were several details the family considered encouraging.

Xavier has gained weight.

His father said that when the family looks at him now, they see Xavier—not the frail child they remembered from May and early June.

That physical change matters deeply to a family that has watched their son fight through an extraordinary medical crisis.

HE IS NOW IN A SHORT-TERM CARE FACILITY

Another major change has occurred.

Xavier has been moved from the hospital to a short-term care facility.

He remains on a ventilator.

But his father said Xavier is no longer receiving regular medication apart from what is necessary for nutrients and nutrition.

Gregory Taylor also said his son is now regulating his own body temperature.

And the family said he is no longer receiving extra electrolyte fluids because his recent laboratory results have been very good.

“WE SEE XAVIER”

For his family, those changes are deeply emotional.

Gregory Taylor said that when they look at Xavier now, they don’t see the frail boy from the first weeks after the accident.

They see their son.

That does not mean Xavier has recovered.

It does not mean doctors have announced a dramatic neurological breakthrough.

And it does not mean the outcome is known.

But for the people who have remained beside his bed through every stage of the ordeal, those physical changes have become another reason to keep believing.

THE WHISPER THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED

Online, stories surrounding Xavier have repeatedly taken on a life of their own.

Claims about brain scans, monitor readings, sudden neurological changes and mysterious moments at his bedside have circulated widely.

But those claims should not be presented as confirmed medical developments unless they come directly from Xavier’s family, medical team or a reliable news report.

The latest verified update does not report a newly confirmed brain scan breakthrough or a sudden awakening.

What it does report is something more concrete:

Xavier has gained weight, is regulating his body temperature, remains on a ventilator and has had encouraging laboratory results, according to his father.

THE COMMUNITY STILL HASN’T STOPPED

The support around Xavier has continued far beyond Maple Shade.

On September 19, community members gathered at Karcher Field for a Night of Prayer and Praise dedicated to the 12-year-old.

People came together because Xavier’s story had become bigger than one baseball field.

It had become a community effort to remind his family that they were not alone.

HIS FATHER IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE

Perhaps one of the most emotional details from Gregory Taylor’s latest interview was not about medicine.

It was about what he imagines Xavier might say when he finally wakes up.

His father joked that one of the first things Xavier might ask is:

“What did I miss?”

And Gregory Taylor already has an answer in mind.

He wants to show his son what happened while he was fighting.

The community support.

The messages.

The prayers.

The people wearing No. 6.

The signs.

The strangers who never stopped believing in him.

Everything that happened while Xavier was unable to see it himself.

MORE THAN 100 DAYS — AND STILL WAITING

There is no simple timeline for a recovery like Xavier’s.

There is no confirmed date when he will wake up.

There is no publicly announced medical breakthrough that guarantees what happens next.

But his family continues to measure progress in the small things.

Weight gained.

Body temperature regulated.

Laboratory results improving.

Less medication.

A new care setting.

And the simple fact that, every day, they continue to see Xavier.

For them, those details matter.

THE BOY WHO WANTED TO PLAY BASEBALL AGAIN

Before May 26, Xavier was simply a 12-year-old baseball player.

He had a position.

A number.

A team.

A game he loved.

Then one baseball changed everything.

Nearly four months later, the game has continued without him.

But his family has never stopped talking about the day he might return to it.

For now, the goal is not the scoreboard.

It is not a championship.

It is not even baseball.

It is simply Xavier waking up.

AND THE FAMILY IS STILL HOLDING ON

More than 100 days have passed.

Xavier remains on a ventilator.

He remains unresponsive.

But his father says his son has gained weight, is regulating his own body temperature and has had encouraging laboratory results.

Those are not promises about the future.

They are simply the latest pieces of information the family has chosen to share.

And for a family that has spent months beside their son’s bedside, sometimes the smallest signs become the biggest reasons to keep going.

XAVIER IS STILL HERE.

And his family is still waiting for the day he opens his eyes and asks the question they have imagined for months:

**“What did I