{"id":1618467,"date":"2022-08-22T07:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618467"},"modified":"2022-08-22T07:18:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T11:18:19","slug":"little-leaguer-hospitalized-now-walking-after-suffering-serious-head-injury-from-bunk-bed-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-leaguer-hospitalized-now-walking-after-suffering-serious-head-injury-from-bunk-bed-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Leaguer Hospitalized Now Walking After Suffering Serious Head Injury From Bunk Bed Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flittle-leaguer-hospitalized-now-walking-after-suffering-serious-head-injury-from-bunk-bed-fall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Utah Little Leaguer Easton \u201cTank\u201d Oliverson, 12, is making a remarkable recovery after he fell from the top bunk of a bunk bed and suffered a serious head injury while at the Little League World Series on August 14.<\/p>\n<p>Since coming out of a medically induced coma, Oliverson is walking with support, sitting upright, eating, and communicating more frequently, according to an Instagram account \u201c@miraclesfortank\u201d that provides updates on the Little Leaguer\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe is making great strides, and we as a family couldn\u2019t be more grateful. At this time, we would like to ask specifically for prayers of understanding and peace for Easton as he comes to learn of and accept the situation that he is now in,\u201d the account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChaX0h2Pe1t\/\">read<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Chc0PDJJajO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Oliverson has made impressive strides in his recovery, he is experiencing swelling in his face, which is most likely to get \u201cworse,\u201d @miraclesfortank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Chd9fNIu64c\/\">updated<\/a> on Friday. The swelling has also impacted his vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have seen a countless amount of miracles in Easton\u2019s journey (and still are), he is still going to have hard moments like today,\u201d Friday\u2019s update stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Oliverson had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/08\/16\/were-all-praying-for-him-12-year-old-little-leaguer-in-coma-after-fall-from-bunk-bed\/\">traveled<\/a> to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with the Snow Canyon All-Stars team from Santa Clara, Utah, to play in the 2022 Little League World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Oliverson\u2019s teammates were, fortunately, able to hear his fall when the scary injury happened in the middle of Sunday night, the boy\u2019s uncle, Spencer Beck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/boy-hurt-in-fall-at-little-league-world-series-alert-walks\/\">told<\/a> the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they got into surgery, the doctor talked to Jace [his father] and said had he not gotten into surgery but 30 minutes later, he would have been dead,\u201d Beck said.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-year-old was rushed to a children\u2019s hospital and initially went into a medically induced coma but exited on Wednesday after doctors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChTQRfzD802\/\">removed<\/a> a hematoma and stopped the bleeding, according to\u00a0@miraclesfortank.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Snow Canyon team announced on Wednesday that Oliverson\u2019s brother, Brogan, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/08\/19\/brother-hospitalized-little-league-player-added-world-series-roster\/\">added<\/a> to the roster to replace the injured boy, Breitbart News reported.<\/p>\n<p>When Brogan went up to his first at-bat against Tennessee on Friday, he received a standing ovation from the crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brogan Oliverson receives a standing ovation during his first AB of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LLWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LLWS<\/a> after replacing his older brother, Easton, on the Utah team roster \u2764\ufe0f \ud83d\udc4f <\/p>\n<p>Easton suffered a severe head injury Monday and is currently recovering at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0JFYF7QL9\">pic.twitter.com\/f0JFYF7QL9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1560760015102910468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oliverson has received many well-wishes and prayers from all around the baseball world, including from MLB All-Stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChXgh7jvaNJ\/\">Mookie Betts<\/a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cha5IH2Jihp\/\">Matt Carpenter<\/a> of the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">You can follow Ethan Letkeman on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanLetkeman\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">@EthanLetkeman<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Little Leaguer Easton \u201cTank\u201d Oliverson, 12, is making a remarkable recovery after he fell from the top bunk of a bunk bed and suffered a serious head injury 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