FARMINGTON — Five-year-old Adam Mattson scooted out of his wheelchair Wednesday and moved himself to a bench seat at a table at the local McDonald’s to eat his lunch. The New Vineyard boy’s legs were severed in a bucket-loader accident Oct. 23, 2017. His mother’s boyfriend of many years, Sam Kennedy, and Adam were at […]
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New Vineyard boy is learning to stand on reattached leg
Four-year-old Adam Mattson of New Vineyard, whose legs were severed in a bucket loader accident Oct. 23, is getting around in a wheelchair. Physical and occupational therapists are working to help him stand — a few seconds at a time — on his reattached leg. The length he is able to stand should gradually increase. Adam walked […]
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New Vineyard boy has more surgeries scheduled
Adam Mattson, 4, of New Vineyard is shown on the first day of pre-kindergarten this year. He has undergone six surgeries and has three more scheduled at Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts. Adam’s right leg was severed and the left one was severely injured in a front-end loader accident on Oct. 23 at a family […]
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New Vineyard boy who lost leg is off ventilator and able to talk
NEW VINEYARD — A young boy whose leg was severed in a bucket-loader accident Monday was off a ventilator Friday but still in the intensive care unit at Boston Children’s Hospital, according to a family friend. The right leg of Adam Mattson, 4, of New Vineyard was severed and his left leg seriously damaged when […]
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New Vineyard boy faces more surgeries
NEW VINEYARD — A 4-year-old local boy whose right leg was severed and the other seriously damaged in a bucket-loader accident Monday was in stable condition at Boston Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, a family friend said. Adam Mattson of New Vineyard lost his right leg, family friend Jessica Harris of New Sharon said Wednesday. “The efforts […]