too much info made me lose hope

I been here on this website and learned so much about SCI( even though I am A RN). Now I am getting information that he will not gain much more than he has now after 8 weeks. When I first read DR. Young's articles, got feedback from Dr. Young and the nurses here about his condition I felt realistcally hopeful. I even let my son read them. He has hope becuase he read he MAY get some "substansial return" becuase he had some anal sensation even at times which was "great "according to DR. Young. Now after reading some recent posts by SCI nurse I felt his and our hopes were dealt a fatal blow. Now I am feeling that I lied to him , and that makes me worse than his current situation. How i am going to tell him that he proably not gain much else? I