A remarkable child disproved all of his medical professionals when he began walking four days after emerging from the coma he had been placed in after being run over in his driveway.
Happy 3-year-old Fynn was hit by a car in the first week of July when he was playing with chalk on the driveway in front of his mother’s Perth house.
His mother, Amy Salter, rushed to fetch her kid outside the Innaloo address after seeing him get knocked down.
He had “head trauma,” skull fractures, and was sent to a hospital in Perth where he was put into an induced coma.
‘Every moment we are still hanging on and waiting,’ Ms Salter, a 29-year-old single mum, said in a Facebook update posted from his bedside.
‘Road trauma is massive, heavier than you can imagine. Nowhere becomes safe.’
A GoFundMe campaign was created by friends to raise money for Fynn and his mother.
‘Amy is currently in and out of shock and is also being treated,’ the page said.
Then the good news started coming, Fynn came out of his coma and within days was defying doctors by walking again.
‘We rejoice,’ Ms Salter said, later describing her son’s recovery as ‘a miracle’.
After four days of walking, Fynn was discharged from the hospital on Thursday. Doctors had previously informed his mother that it may take him two months to regain use of his legs.
‘I thought that was it, he’s gone,’ Ms Salter told 9Newshttps://www.9news.com.au/ of her fears at the accident scene.
‘I can’t believe we’ve reached this day and we’re gonna walk out with no wheelchair and no walking frame.’
After four days of walking, Fynn was discharged from the hospital on Thursday. Doctors had previously informed his mother that it may take him two months to regain use of his legs.
‘I saw this car coming fast. He cut the corner. No slowing down. Didn’t look,’ she wrote.
‘If he’d have just slowed and made a moment to look. I know he would have seen Fynn, as I had full line of sight with Fynn as he drew with chalk.
‘It wasn’t worth rushing or cutting the corner. Stop for a moment. Please. Slow down and look!’
Fynn was allowed to return home, but his vision and hearing problems will require continuing care.
Each year, more than 50 Australian kids are hit by automobiles near or at home, on average.
In order to reach a $30,000 target, the GoFundMe campaign raised more than $19,000.