News: Update on Injured Broad Run Alum Ryan Diviney

We are following the recovery seriously injured West Virginia student and former Broad Run High School standout athlete Ryan Diviney. The popular Ashburn native has suffered brain trauma after he and two friends were attacked over the weekend in Morgantown. The family is appreciative of all the support they are receiving from the Loudoun community.

More on his long-term prognosis will be known after an MRI he is undergoing this afternoon.

Here are today's updates on Ryan's condition from his father, Ken Diviney:

Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Update:
Mobile Facebook is acting up, so I hope all received my post that Ryan is having his MRI at this moment He needs us all now!

Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Update:
Ryan will be getting an MRI within a few hours. This test sounds like it will tell us a lot on his condition. We are so scared.

Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Update:
Ryan will have a busy day. He'll be getting an MRI after 4 and you won't get to see him during this time; it takes a few hours. I'll post when I get word. Right now, a PTherapist is loosening his joints. He continues some involuntary reactions. In fact, when Kari came in talking his heart rate went up! Please be thinking and praying for him and promising results. Again, we are so thankful for you!

Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Update:
Ryan made it through the night physically strong. He has a good chance of survival, but is clearly not out of the woods yet.

At some point later this morning to early afternoon he will be given a general assessment to check for any improvement mentally. We continue to hope.

Thank you for all the prayers! There are obviously people out there who are much better at it than I, so Ryan is counting on you. He will need this intervention for months, and I beg you to keep up the intensity.

My daughter, Kari, is perhaps the strongest person I know. She hardly ever leaves his side and reads every post people send. The doctors tell us there is a good chance he might hear this. Like Ryan, she doesn't know what giving up means. All of you who know her would understand exactly what I am saying. I am so proud that she's my daughter.