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to have received the assistance for her son, who she said is fully aware of what was happening, including the fact he was going overseas.
“When I saw him this morning, he was asking about his sister and what she is doing, and [saying] that he is going to go back home and play with her,”she said, adding that he didn’t seem to be in much pain and only complained of a headache after he arrived at the airport.
Other family members are as elated, with Mickele’s cousin, Samantha Beaumont, expressing confidence in the facilities in the US in carrying out the necessary treatment.
Mickele will be admitted to the top-tier Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, which is widely recognised for clinical excellence and for breaking new ground in research. The facility is ranked among the best hospitals in the United States.
Beaumont said family members were still trying to come to terms with the attack that left the boy with severe injuries, especially to his head, which will necessitate plastic surgery.
“We are trying our best to cope,” she stated.
And the man credited with rescuing Mickele and taking him to the Alexandria Hospital, Stanford Shaw, also added his voice to those supporting the move.
“I just heard it on the news and I feel good about it. I’m just praying for him,” Shaw said.
After Shaw took Mickele to the Alexandria Hospital, he was later transferred to the St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital before being moved again to the Bustamante Hospital for Children.