Seat Belts, Kids

On Wednesday, our nephew was involved in a rollover accident with his baby sitter. He was flown to a ICU at a local hospital and we visited him on Wednesday night. He looked good, he had an eye that wasn't behaving, knocked out teeth, nasty abd bruising, and a brain stem inj. He was concious and breathing on his own. At the scene he was able to unlock his seatbelt and help the other child (10) get out of the car. They just thought he was acting strange so they thought he had a injury to his brain so they got him flown out of there. He is a strange little boy, so that very well could have just been him being normal. They said he knew his name, date of birth and even where his mom worked. They called her at work and she met them at the hospital. I really don't think our kids know the year they were born. They know the month and day, but the year just goes over their heads.
Brock really wanted to go see him on Wednesday but I thought he wouldn't be allowed in the ICU. We will probably go tonight to see him, I am certain he will be fine, thanks to the seatbelt he was wearing. He was also in a booster seat, he is a very short 8 yr old. Zeb (3) almost catches up to him. My kids HATED wearing their seatbelts now yesterday Brock had his on before I even asked.