Friends use bands to inspire teen’s recovery

Parents don’t always welcome a gaggle of noisy, gangly teenagers, but Lisa Feitler likes it when her son’s friends come around.

They aren’t a hassle. They’re even therapeutic.

Cade Feitler turned 13 on Feb. 7, 2005. The next day he was in a car accident that left him with a brain injury, unable to move or speak.

A year and a half later, he’s working on learning to walk and talk again, and his mother said Cade’s friends are an important part of his recovery.

“We’re so grateful to everyone — our close friends, the entire community, even strangers who have stepped into our lives to help us with Cade,” Lisa Feitler said.
And since the accident, some friends have drawn closer to the family and to Cade.

Lisa Feitler chokes up when she talks about some of them, like Daniel, who had rubber bracelets printed with “Pray 4 Cade,” sold them at school, and had each kid who bought one write a note to Cade.

Then he brought the family a check, along with all the notes.

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