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Walker “Hollywood” Smith suffered a life-threatening wounded erstwhile a bull stomped connected his thorax during a Nov. 15 rodeo, leaving him with a collapsed lung and bleeding successful the brain.
By Rachel McRady Nov 25, 2024 2:52 PMTags
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Walker “Hollywood” Smith, 17, underwent country aft a bull stepped connected his thorax during a Nov. 15 rodeo, according to his dad Daniel Smith.
“Glory to God,” Daniel wrote successful a Nov. 21 Facebook post. “My God gets each the glory... Not contiguous devil Walker Smith conscionable got retired of country and is doing fine.”
And Walker is already making large strides toward recovery.
“He’s yet utilizing the bathroom, truthful that’s great,” his dada said successful a Nov. 24 video update connected Facebook. “One of the biggest things that they’re highly excited astir is they turned disconnected the ventilator machine. He’s present doing 100 percent of the enactment connected his own.”
Though Walker is capable to wiggle his toes connected command, Daniel said helium can’t speech yet owed to the tracheostomy successful his neck.
“You privation to speech astir a kid that’s warring for everything he’s got,” Daniel said of his son, who is communicating done blinking. “This kid is simply a fighter, and we knew that from an aboriginal age.”
During the Space Coast State Fair successful Florida, Walker was thrown disconnected his bull aft conscionable 3 seconds. While helium was connected the ground, the animal—weighing astir 2,000 pounds—stepped connected his chest. Walker was airlifted to a adjacent hospital.
“So are needing much prayers much than ever Walker is beardown kid,” his dada shared aft the accident. “He is warring for his beingness close present I'm asking everyone to assertion successful the sanction of JESUS THAT HEALING IS ON THE WAY.... Only God tin bash this. We admit each your prayers and thoughts and love.. delight support it coming.”
Instagram/Walker Smith
A household friend set up a GoFundMe page for the Smith family, sharing that Walker suffered a collapsed lung and bleeding successful his encephalon arsenic a effect of the injury. Following the accident, helium had a “series of mini strokes successful his brain,” according to the GoFundMe page. So acold the leafage has raised $7,700 of the $5,000 goal.
Their son’s mishap has been admittedly frightening for Daniel and his woman Sabrina Smith.
“I mislaid it,” Sabrina told WCTV during a Nov. 19 interview. “I consciousness helpless due to the fact that there’s thing I tin bash for him.”
Daniel echoed his wife’s struggle, adding, “I’m not handling thing well. I’m not. Usually, I’m the 1 that’s telling everybody it’s ok. I’m the 1 that’s... but I’m not doing well.”
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