“I Didn’t Think I Was Bringing My Son Home”
Virginia family urges others to take helmet use seriously after their son's miraculous recovery from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a backyard ATV crash. WSLS' Lindsey Ward reports.
(WSLS/NBC News) — The word miracle is tossed around a lot these days, but one Virginia family believes that is exactly what they just experienced.
It began when 10-year-old Jonathan Goad jumped on his four-wheeler and went for a ride, then hit a tree in his family’s backyard.
Jonathan’s head struck a tree and he suffered a traumatic brain injury.
His parents remember every frightening detail of watching their son loaded onto a helicopter.
“They put him on the backboard in a neck brace and he was just screaming like I’ve never heard him scream before,” recalled J.D. Goad.
Doctors at UVA Medical Center sat both parents down to discuss a game plan.
“They explain they’ve got to open his head up to take his skull out to fix the bleeding or he’s not going to make it,” J.D. said. “At one point, I didn’t think I was bringing my son home.”
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