Please pray, think good thoughts, whatever you do, please do it..

[BroknBusted]

I just got to read this and I will keep him and his family in my thoughts.

Kids are very resilent when it comes to these kind of things as compared to adults.

This is a somewhat long story, but when my son was 5, he was visiting his mom when her and her bf at the time were cutting the tops off of large pine trees. For reasons she still can't explain to me, she let him be out there next to them watching. Needless to say, one top the cut that was about the size of an average Chrsitmas tree fell straight up and down and landing directly on his head. Had that hit you or I it would have more then likely killed us.

THANKFULLY she didn't call and wait on an ambulance and rushed him to the ER. Even more thankfully, the Neuro surgeon happened to be in the ER visiting someone. He had a severe subdural hematoma ( the same injury that killed Sonny Bono ), and the Neuro surgeon rushed him right to sugery. The made an insicion along his hairline from the top of his head to below the back of his ear, removed part of his skull and took out the hematoma. They closed the skull with titanium. We were told that the damage could be severe and he may have serious complications for the rest of his life and to prepare ourselves.

To shorten the story, in less the 48 hours he was wide awake, eating breakfast and playing video games and acted like nothing happened. He could remember everything up to getting hit. The doctors were truly amazed! He is now 11, and has shown NO effects from this. In fact, he is very advanced for his age and doing 9th grade school work!

Despite how bad it seems, like I said, kids are resilent, and they can recover very well. I too believe in the power of prayer and positive thoughts and I will continue to keep him in mind and ask my firends do the same.

[SlitherinSisters]

Oh man that is so sad. It's so unfair when something like that happens to a child. I'm sending all the good vibes I can that he pulls through!

[ShortStack]

With a very, very heavy and sad heart, I must update this thread. I went to church this morning and everyone was really upset.. I was told that they declared him brain dead and had taken him off life support earlier in the morning. The youth group was a mess, as was I and many other people. My friend and I left church early and rushed to the hospital, only to find out they THOUGHT he was brain dead, but there was some miscommunication and he was not yet off life support. They took him to do whatever test that is done to see if someone is brain dead. After a few hours, they came and told his mom they needed to talk to her. The youth pastor of my church came in the waiting room a while later, and unfortunately told us that he was OFFICIALLY considered brain dead, according to the test results, and that he had passed away. It was quite a shock, because while we knew he wasn't out of the woods, we truly believed he would pull through this. Please pray for and foremost for his family, and secondly for the youth group. Many of them are extremely shaken by this, and understandably so. I chaperone trips, stay with them for their Wednesday night services, and whatnot, so that youth group are some of "my kids" and I cannot believe this has happened. I was too shaken to drive myself home, but I'm more calm now and just went back to the hospital to pick my car up. Thank you to everyone who prayed and wished the best, but God has a bigger purpose for this situation. He needed him more than we did, and as hard as it is for us to accept, we must.

[jsmorphs2]

Im so sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and his family. God has plans for us all and know he is safe now with Him.

[shelliebear]

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I'm so sorry.
The coma was a bad sign.
I'm...I don't even know what to say.
Send everyone my well wishes. I will post a memorial on my FB wall for him and alert my friends.
He will forever be on my mind and in my heart.
I'm so sorry....I know the doctors did all they could...I just...am sorry.

[ShortStack]

Im so sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and his family. God has plans for us all and know he is safe now with Him.

Thank you.. We're all still in shock.. Even as much faith as I have, I am struggling and I'm a few years older than the youth, so I can't even imagine how they are feeling. His family has gone through some very tragic deaths, so this was the last thing that they needed. Heaven did gain an awesome angel today.

[ShortStack]

...
I'm so sorry.
The coma was a bad sign.
I'm...I don't even know what to say.
Send everyone my well wishes. I will post a memorial on my FB wall for him and alert my friends.
He will forever be on my mind and in my heart.
I'm so sorry....I know the doctors did all they could...I just...am sorry.

Thank you Shellie.. None of us really know what to say right now.

[BPelizabeth]

Oh goodness...that is just terrible. I am so sorry for his family, and the other child involved. I am sure it is hard for him as well. We will be sure to say a special prayer tonight for him!!

[dsirkle]

I'm so sorry to learn of this,

[Jerhart]

Wow...

Although I will never meet the family...this is a situation no mother or father should have to endure...I will pray for strength for the Walter family and friends.

I am sorry.