UPDATE: Laura Babbage moves to outpatient treatment

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -In a Facebook post on Friday, former Kentucky Secretary of State, Bob Babbage, announced that his wife, Laura Babbage has come home from Cardinal Hill after four weeks of in-patient rehab.

In July, Laura Babbage sustained a traumatic brain injury in a serious cycling accident while in France.  Doctors even had to induce a 9-day coma in order for the brain to have time to recover.  Afterwards, she was transferred to the Neurosurgery Trauma Unit at UK Hospital in Lexington and then on to Cardinal Hill where she has been for the last month doing in-patient rehabilitation.

In his post, Bob Babbage lauds her “grit and determination” for getting through the rehab, and praises the work of the team at Cardinal Hill.

“We are thrilled beyond words to have her home with us,” he writes, “and grateful as ever for the love, support, and prayers offered by so many.”

The post says that outpatient rehab will be ongoing through the fall.

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8/5/16 10:06 p.m.

Laura Babbage, well-known business woman and civic leader and wife of former Kentucky Secretary of State, Bob Babbage, has been moved from UK Hospital to Cardinal Hill to begin rehabilitation. Sixteen days ago she suffered a traumatic brain injury in a cycling accident in France.

The move to Cardinal Hill is ahead of schedule, according to a Facebook post by Bob Babbage.

In that online post, Bob Babbage praised the talented doctors at UK Hospital, thanked the many people who have prayed and sent well wishes and he expressed pride in the courage the couple’s children have shown during this difficult time.