PATRICK: THE KENOSHA COUNTY FIRST GRADER INJURED AND ANGLO OUR INCIDENT HAS RETURNED TO SCHOOL. JOYCE: HE WAS PLAYING DURING RECESS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL IN SEPTEMBER KIEDCK UP. BY A LAWNMOWER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD. . HE SPENT A MONTH RECOVERING. . HIS FAMILY SAYS THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD IS WALKING AND TALKING AND WENT BACK TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY ON A PART-TIME BASIS. >> IT WAS ALL TRAGIC. HE WAS EXCITED AND HIS CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS WERE EXCITED. HE LASTED AUTBO TWO HOURS BEFORE HE STARTED TO GET VERY TIRED AND UNFORTUNATELY HE HAD PHYSICAL THERAPY AFTER THAT. IT WAS AN EXHAUSTING DAY FOR HI
Kenosha County boy injured in lawn mower accident returns to school
Alex Hook, now 7 years old, returned to school Monday on a part-time basis after undergoing skull implant surgery
Alex Hook, the Kenosha County first-grader critically injured in a lawnmower incident, has returned to school. In September, Alex was playing during recess in Silver Lake when a piece of metal kicked up by a lawnmower hit him in the head.He spent a month recovering in a hospital.His family said the now 7-year-old is walking and talking and went back to school Monday on a part-time basis.”It was all very exciting. He was excited. His fellow classmates were excited. Teachers were excited. And he lasted about two hours before he started to get really tired, and unfortunately, he has physical therapy after that, so it was a very exhausting day for him,” said Michelle Koertgen, Alex Hook’s aunt.Alex will attend school for three hours a day right now as well as physical therapy every day.Health officials are still monitoring him after he had skull implant surgery a couple of months ago.
Alex Hook, the Kenosha County first-grader critically injured in a lawnmower incident, has returned to school.
In September, Alex was playing during recess in Silver Lake when a piece of metal kicked up by a lawnmower hit him in the head.
He spent a month recovering in a hospital.
His family said the now 7-year-old is walking and talking and went back to school Monday on a part-time basis.
“It was all very exciting. He was excited. His fellow classmates were excited. Teachers were excited. And he lasted about two hours before he started to get really tired, and unfortunately, he has physical therapy after that, so it was a very exhausting day for him,” said Michelle Koertgen, Alex Hook’s aunt.
Alex will attend school for three hours a day right now as well as physical therapy every day.
Health officials are still monitoring him after he had skull implant surgery a couple of months ago.
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