The infant boy critically injured in the Oct. 29 wreck at Mt. Zion Road and GA-365 that claimed the lives of two is on the road to recovery.
The wreck on the night of Oct. 29 took the lives of 5-year-old Lincoln Burgess and his aunt Cynthia Wade when their vehicle was hit by a van headed Southbound on 365. Lincoln’s mother and Wade’s sister, Jessica Burgess, her infant son Hudson Burgess and cousin Denise Wade survived the crash.
Hudson was critically injured in the wreck. He has spent the past three weeks in the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta’s Intensive Care Unit, where he has received a blood transfusion, been in a medically induced coma, on an oxygen tube, feeding tube, received treatment for brain swelling, fractured bones and countless other treatments to save his life.
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As of yesterday at 3:30 a.m., Hudson is now out of CHOA’s ICU and is no longer on oxygen. Hudson’s recovery is continuing in the Epilepsy Management Wing of the hospital, where his doctors are helping him with physical and occupational therapy.
“He did great with physical therapy,” Burgess writes in a Facebook update. “He’s not got the best control but he will be sitting unassisted again in no time!”
Mother Jessica Burgess says that due to his brain injuries, healthcare workers at CHOA advised her that Hudson will likely have to “start from scratch,” and he may be delayed developmentally long-term. She says that a delay is something they can get through, with her son Lincoln having been on the Autism spectrum.
Hudson is growing stronger each day, and was able to sit up unassisted for 15 minutes while playing and singing with his mother just before he left the ICU.
“I could not be more on top of the world than I am right this moment,” Burgess says in a Facebook post. “So proud of the warriors I raised! Not one, but both of my boys are pure strength.”
Burgess asks her community for continued prayers of healing for Hudson, comfort for her grieving family and financial support from insurance.
“We honestly could not have made it through without the outreach and support of family and community,” Burgess tells Now Habersham. “We are forever grateful and thankful! God’s mercy is with us all of this way!”
If you would like to donate to the family, you can do so through their GoFundMe page.
