After a camping incident caused a Boy Scout a severe brain injury, Ethan Hills will soon transition to rehabilitation.
NEWBURGH, Ind. (WEVV) — A young Boy Scout, 11-year-old Ethan Hills, suffered a severe brain injury on an overnight camping trip when a part of a tree fell on his tent.
He was life flighted to a Louisville hospital after suffering a severe brain injury, that included a skull fracture and brain bleeding.
Ashley Hills, Ethan Hills mother, says, “It does feel like I have a newborn again in a lot of ways, where you’re watching kind of their brain has to rewire itself and kind of learn how to do all of those things.”
Shy of a month since his accident Ethan is opening his eyes, he’s able to recognize family members, he responds to commands, and has even had some bites of real food.
“We’re waiting to just kind of move over to the rehabilitation stage of all …