A Minnesota couple said their family experienced a \u201cmiracle\u201d after their son survived a terrifying freak accident
\nParents Dave and Abby Deterding said an arrow traveled almost all the way through their son Gus\u2019 skull when he fell on it \u2014 and the 9-year-old pulled it out by himself
\nA doctor told the Deterdings that if the arrow had struck Gus at just a slightly different angle, \u201cthat would have been death within minutes\u201d
\nA Minnesota couple says their family experienced a \u201cmiracle\u201d after their 9-year-old son pulled an arrow out of his face \u2014 and escaped unharmed.<\/p>\n
Speaking with local outlet KARE 11, parents Dave and Abby Deterding recalled the moment back in March when their son, Gus, came to them panicking and bleeding after he fell and slipped in their icy driveway while trying to pack some items in their truck \u2014 including a youth bow and arrow.<\/p>\n
He was carrying everything at once,\u201d Abby recalled, \u201cAnd he fell right on it. I was vacuuming downstairs, and Dave was getting dressed, and [Gus] came in, in a panic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a very small cut on his head,\u201d Dave told the outlet, as Abby remembered that Gus had \u201ca lot of blood\u201d on his face.<\/p>\n
According to the Deterdings, they didn\u2019t realize the extent of their son\u2019s injuries in that moment, and instead tried to ease his concerns about what had happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe kept saying. \u2018Mom, am I dying, am I going to leave you? I don\u2019t want to leave you yet,\u2019 \u201d Abby told KARE 11. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Gus, no, we\u2019re just getting stitches.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
While the couple initially took their son to Alexandria hospital, a concerned emergency room doctor called for Gus to be transported to the larger Children\u2019s Minnesota Hospital, according to KARE 11.<\/p>\n
The 9-year-old was initially sent home from the hospital without incident, but it wasn\u2019t until Gus started vomiting and the Deterdings brought him back for a second time that doctors realized something incredible had happened.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ken Maslonka told the outlet that the arrow had traveled nearly all the way through Gus\u2019 brain, and the 9-year-old pulled it back out himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe looked too normal,\u201d Maslonka said. \u201cI would say in the 28 years I\u2019ve been at Children\u2019s of Minnesota, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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