Alex Hook.Photo: GoFundMe
Alex’s aunt and godmother, Michelle Koertgen, toldWISNthat Alex was found on the ground bleeding and having seizures. Surveillance footage later showed the moment the lawn mower hit the piece of metal, the outlet reported.
“My sister proceeded to where he was and found her son lying on his back with blood coming out of his head, and he was not conscious but he was having basically seizures,” Koertgen said.
Alex was flown to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee to undergo an emergency brain surgery to treat a fractured skull and brain bleeding, the outlet reported.
As of Sunday, Alex remained in a medically induced coma, according to the family’sGoFundMepage.
“Once the neurosurgeon takes him out of the medically induced state, the team will determine the severity of his brain damage,” the campaign’s organizers said on the page. “We continue to pray for a speedy and complete recovery, however, it’s very likely Alex will need extensive rehabilitation in the weeks, months and possibly years to come.”
The donation page has raised more than $66,000 as of Monday afternoon. The family is also sharing updates on aFacebooksupport page.
“Alex is still critical but stable,“read one updateon Monday, as his family encouraged everybody to “keep praying.”
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The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department told WISN that the incident was ruled an accident and that they would not be involved moving forward.
Now the family will have to wait for Alex to come out of his coma to see the extent of his injuries, and what their future will look like.
“It’s a waiting game sadly,” Koertgen told WISN. “Seventy-two hours may not seem like a lot but it’s a lifetime when you’re sitting there watching my nephew, my sister’s son sitting there with tubes coming out of every orifice of his body. I mean it’s just horrific.”
source: people.com
