A Sixth-grade Honors student, Bailey O'Neil of Darby Township, Ps., was involved in a bullying figt at the Township School and struck several times by another student who had reportedly been bullying him, fractured his nose and fell to the ground suffered cincussion, his parents took him to the hospital, the A.I. DuPont
hospital in Wilmington, Del., where he was treated and released. But his
father saw that something wasn't quite right with their son when they
returned home. In his words,
"He was sleeping. He was moody. He wasn't himself. He was angry a little
bit. He wasn't really eating."
Just a few days later, Bailey started having violent seizures and needed
to be hospitalized again. The seizures were so bad that doctors at A.I.
DuPont were forced to put Bailey in a medically induced coma nearly two
weeks ago. His father continued,
"Every day I'm trying to stay strong for him... when
you get into that hospital room and you're looking at him, I would trade
places in a heartbeat. It's my buddy, you know."
According to Bailey's father, the boy who struck his son was suspended
for two days following the incident, but police have not filed any
criminal charges in the case.
The School's District authority says,
"We take bullying seriously, we are very concerned about the
medical condition of the student and our thoughts and prayers are with
the family and students."
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