💙 XAVIER TAYLOR UPDATE: FOUR MONTHS LATER, HIS FAMILY STILL SEES REASONS TO HOPE

Nearly four months after a baseball changed 12-year-old Xavier Taylor’s life in an instant, his family is still holding onto hope.

And now, they say, there are signs that make that hope feel stronger.

Xavier, a young baseball player from Maple Shade, New Jersey, remains on a ventilator after being critically injured during warmups before a championship game on May 26.

But his father, Gregory Taylor, says his son is no longer the same fragile boy the family saw during the earliest weeks of his recovery.

He has gained weight.

He is regulating his own body temperature.

His lab work has improved.

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

Gregory told WPVI that when the family looks at Xavier now, they see the boy they know.

“We see Xavier. We don’t see that frail boy from May and early June.”

That simple observation carries enormous meaning for a family that has spent months beside his bedside.

Xavier was warming up for a championship baseball game on May 26 when he was struck by a baseball.

His father previously described how Xavier’s heartbeat and blood flow continued after the injury, but the impact left him unconscious.

Since then, his family and community have refused to stop believing in his recovery.

💙 NOW, HIS BODY IS SHOWING SIGNS OF PROGRESS

According to Gregory Taylor, Xavier remains dependent on a ventilator, but several aspects of his condition have changed.

He has gained weight.

He is regulating his own body temperature.

And he is no longer receiving regular medication apart from what is necessary for nutrients and nutrition.

The family also said he is no longer receiving additional electrolyte fluids because his laboratory results have been coming back very well.

Those developments do not mean Xavier has recovered.

They do not mean he has awakened.

But for his family, they represent important steps after months of uncertainty.

🙏 A COMMUNITY THAT REFUSES TO FORGET HIM

The support surrounding Xavier has continued far beyond Maple Shade.

More than $100,000 has been raised for the family, while signs and displays honoring the young baseball player have appeared throughout the community.

In June, the Ben Franklin Bridge and Camden City Hall were illuminated in blue in his honor.

And on September 19, friends, teammates, relatives and community members gathered at Karcher Field in Maple Shade for a Night of Prayer & Praise.

People filled the field and stands, wearing blue and yellow “Xavier Strong” shirts carrying his No. 6.

They prayed not only for the progress Xavier has already made, but for the day they might see him running around a baseball field again.

💔 HIS FAMILY IS STILL WAITING FOR ONE MOMENT

There is still one thing everyone around Xavier is hoping for.

For him to wake up.

Gregory Taylor said he often imagines what his son might say if that moment finally comes.

His answer was simple — and heartbreaking in its normality.

He believes Xavier might ask:

“What did I miss?”

And his father already knows what the family would want to show him.

Everything.

Every prayer.

Every blue light.

Every jersey.

Every person who stood beside his family.

Every stranger who learned his name and refused to stop caring.

For nearly four months, Xavier Taylor has remained at the center of a community that continues to wait, pray and hope.

There is no confirmed announcement that he has awakened.

There is no confirmed report that he has opened his eyes.

But there are documented signs of physical progress — and for the Taylor family, those signs are enough to keep moving forward.

Keep fighting, Xavier. 💙

XAVIER STRONG. #6 FOREVER.