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Texas boy, 6, survives being run over by 18K-pound bulldozer

FRANKLIN, Texas — A 6-year-old Texas boy run over by a bulldozer weighing roughly 18,000 pounds is already walking less than two weeks after his parents feared the worst.

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It's easier for me to update this way then to call every person that cares about Bodie... For those that don't know...

Posted by Sam Boring on Wednesday, July 27, 2022

According to KBTX-TV, Bodie Boring was at a job site with his father July 27 when the accident occurred, fracturing the child’s skull, bruising both his lungs, breaking his pelvis and causing a brain bleed.

Bodie’s mother, Samantha Boring, has provided social media updates as her son’s condition has improved.

“Bodie told me, ‘Mommy I knew when I saw that blade about to hit me that I was gonna die,’” his mother said in an early Facebook post.

You may be tough but you aren't walking 5 days after getting ran over by an 18,000 lb Bull Dozer tough 💪🏼 God is Good all the Time 💪🏼 #Bodietough #BodieStrong

Posted by Sam Boring on Sunday, July 31, 2022

Meanwhile, a July 29 MRI revealed Brodie suffered a blood clot on his brain, yet the child was walking on his own to the shower that day and was able to walk the hospital’s hallway with the use of a walker just two days later, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

“You may be tough but you aren’t walking 4 days after getting ran over by an 18,000 lb bulldozer tough,” Samantha Boring wrote on Facebook.

**CT updates** The bleed is stable & the clot has not moved. They said they won't know if it has grown or not unless...

Posted by Sam Boring on Tuesday, August 2, 2022

According to the Star-Telegram, doctors were able to stabilize Bodie’s brain bleed and move him out of the intensive care unit on Wednesday.

“God has big plans for my boy & I can’t wait to see what mountains he will move!” Samantha Boring wrote on Facebook Thursday, sharing a video of a smiling Bodie as he walked on his own in his hospital room.

The Boring family has launched a GoFundMe page to help offset the costs of Bodie’s medical care. The online campaign was within $9,000 of its $60,000 goal by Sunday afternoon.

💙 #bodietough

Posted by Sam Boring on Thursday, August 4, 2022