Watch video: Mom of teen burned in attack: He's `in very high spirits'
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His first day out of the hospital, 15-year-old Michael Brewer enjoyed the small things.
He sat on the couch with his family and watched a cartoon movie. He took a shower by himself.
For dinner, he asked for a pizza Lunchable.
It was a good night, except for the pain, his mother, Valerie Brewer, told reporters at a Wednesday news conference.
``He's in very high spirits,'' she said.
But the burn victim's recovery is far from done. He will spend months returning to the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Burn Center regularly for physical therapy, along with his emotional scars.
``He's going to have to deal with this the rest of his life,'' Valerie Brewer said. ``He wakes up having night terrors every night.''
Michael Brewer garnered nationwide attention after he was attacked by a group of schoolmates in Deerfield Beach. On Oct. 12, the group doused him with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire, investigators say.
He was burned over 65 percent of his body and spent more than two months recovering at Jackson.
Brewer arrived in critical condition. He breathed with the help of a ventilator and was fed through tubes. Four surgeries removed damaged tissue and grafted new skin.
On Tuesday, Michael Brewer was released after more than two months in the hospital, although the family didn't return to their Deerfield Beach home.
Three teenagers are charged as adults with second-degree attempted murder in the case.