{"id":808,"date":"2010-07-28T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=808"},"modified":"2010-07-28T18:02:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:02:25","slug":"ohio-boy-hit-in-head-by-line-drive-continues-to-make-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/ohio-boy-hit-in-head-by-line-drive-continues-to-make-progress.html","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Boy Hit In Head By Line Drive Continues To Make Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Many\u00a0people who sustain traumatic brain injury make tremendous strides. The human\u00a0spirit can defy expectations, or the lack of them, as has been the case with young Luke Holko.<\/p>\r\n<p>On Sept. 2, 2009 Luke was\u00a0being held by his dad, Chad Holko,\u00a0watching a minor league baseball game in Niles, Ohio.\u00a0The Mahoning Valley Scrappers were playing, and 5-year-old Luke and his father were in the front row, by first base, according to\u00a0a moving story by Fanhouse.com.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fanhouse.com\/2010\/07\/26\/major-gains-for-boy-hit-by-ball-at-minor-league-game\/?ncid=webmail\">http:\/\/www.fanhouse.com\/2010\/07\/26\/major-gains-for-boy-hit-by-ball-at-minor-league-game\/?ncid=webmail<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>You probably have already figured out what I&#8217;m about to tell you.\u00a0Luke got hit full force in the back of his head by a line drive off the bat of\u00a0player Ben Carlson. According to Fanhouse, Luke&#8217;s\u00a0cerebellum hit his brain stem from the force of the blow. Doctors put Luke in an induced coma for two days.<\/p>\r\n<p>He was treated at Akron Children&#8217;s Hospital for about a month, and then was transferred to the\u00a0Cleveland Clinic&#8217;s children&#8217;s rehab center.\u00a0He was sent back to the Akron hospital Oct. 30 and finally came home, in a small wheelchair, on\u00a0Nov. 5, according to Fanhouse.<\/p>\r\n<p>Physicians didn&#8217;t want to give Luke&#8217;s father and mother Nicole\u00a0any long-term prognosis for him. Like many traumatic brain injury patients, Luke had to relearn many tasks, such as\u00a0how to talk again and how to swallow. His hearing may be returning.\u00a0He has made a lot of progress since being near-death.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>He went from a wheelchair to a walker in\u00a0mid-January, and starting walking on his own in May.<\/p>\r\n<p>Luke&#8217;s walking is still not steady. He is off\u00a0balance,\u00a0because\u00a0his brain\u00a0isn&#8217;t sending the proper signals to the nerves in his right leg. He has to get\u00a0four botox injections every few months in his calf-muscle, according to Fanhouse.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Carlson, the player whose line drive smashed into\u00a0Luke&#8217;s head, came to visit the boy. They spent about four hours playing together, and had a great time, Fanhouse said, adding that Luke cried when Carlson left.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s wishing that\u00a0Luke&#8217;s progress will continue.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many\u00a0people who sustain traumatic brain injury make tremendous strides. The human\u00a0spirit can defy expectations, or the lack of them, as has been the case with young Luke Holko. 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