5-yr.-old shot in June rushed back to hosp

A 5-YEAR-OLD boy who returned home just before Christmas after miraculously recovering from a gunshot wound to the head was rushed to a hospital on Saturday.

Little Jaheem Hunter suffered stroke-like symptoms and was taken to the intensive care unit at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia, his family said.

Jaheem’s sister and guardian, Aja Holmes, told the Daily News that doctors were monitoring his condition and trying to determine whether he needed surgery to alleviate fluid on his brain or if antibiotics could heal him.

“I’m just praying,” said Holmes, who took him to the hospital after finding him Saturday morning lying on the floor and speaking incoherently. “It’s in God’s hands.”

Doctors are reluctant to perform surgery, Holmes said. Jaheem has already endured several operations since a bullet pierced his skull on June 5.

He returned to Holmes’ Yonkers home two weeks ago, after spending five months recuperating from his injuries and learning to speak, walk and write again.

Holmes said she was frustrated Jaheem was back in the hospital and “he has to go through this after everything we’ve been through.”

“He was doing so well,” she said.

The boy was hit by a stray bullet on his birthday when a gunman with a long rap sheet opened fire at a rival during an argument over a drug deal in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.

The tough tyke went through a battery of surgeries, including one to temporarily remove part of his skull.

The News chronicled his miraculous recovery and his joyful holiday celebrations — including a special visit from three of the Knicks last week and a suite at Madison Square Garden during the team’s Christmas game.

His family has a GoFundMe account that has raised nearly $10,000 for his care.