Posted on 05/17/2009 7:36:45 PM PDT by NoPrisoners
A four-year-old Mooresville boy is fighting for his life after being injured by a lawn mower April 22.
Preston Loyd was playing in the yard of his Corona Circle home when he was accidentally run over by a lawn mower operated by his grandfather.
Preston is the son of Mooresville residents Ashton and Cinamon Loyd, and a preschooler at Peninsula Baptist Church.
"My father did not know Preston was near, and accidently backed over him," Ashton Loyd wrote on a Web site where he is keeping friends and neighbors updated on Preston's condition.
With extensive injuries, especially to his left side, Preston was immediately airlifted to Carolina Medical Center's Levine Children's Hospital where he has remained in critical condition since last Wednesday...
After Preston arrived at the hospital, surgeons operated for several hours to repair immediate damage and control bleeding. In that trauma surgery, Preston lost his left kidney and his spleen. That evening, Loyd said a doctor told him, "'The best news I can give you is he's not supposed to be alive right now and he is.' "
Since the accident, surgeons have connected Preston's damaged esophagus to his rectum, providing a line for digestion. However, Loyd said that without a stomach – it was irreparably damaged in the accident – the four-year-old's food intake will be much smaller than normal.
Currently, Preston is being fed via a feeding tube until the repairs to his digestive system heal.
A neurosurgeon fitted Preston's brain with a monitor and catheter to reduce some of the pressure on his brain, Loyd said.
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Please pray for Preston and his family, especially the grandfather. Thanks!
that is beyond sad, for everyone concerned. prayers up.
Prayer BUMP
Prayer ping.
I will pray for Preston and his family, NoPrisoners.
Prayers up!
Amazing. He’s likely going to have some brain damage though.
Will most definitely pray for Preston.
Prayers for this child and loved ones.
Prayers for little Preston, his family and his poor grandfather.
He’s in for a very tough road even long term. Parenteral nutrition is hard on the body in many ways.
Done.
Prayers lifted for this suffering innocent.
Yes, I was trying to remember former patients with permanent subclavian lines and how they fared. Thank the Lord this happened here in the US with quick access to advanced medical care.
You’re most welcome, NoPrisoners.
Think positively, think prayerfully. This child IS going to make it!
Yes, definitely, this child will be in my prayers. What a terrible and unfortunate accident. Prayers for his parents and grand-father, especially.
Thank you both, and thanks to the over 300 freepers who are praying anonymously for Preston!
You are most welcome. I sent the article to a number of other folks and asked for their prayers as well. I’m sure there will be many prayer warriors storming heaven for this child and his family. Bless you too.
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