Gia Carter’s Son Hudson, 7, an IVF Twin Struck by a Car While Trick-or-Treating in Spanish Fork, Squeezed Her Hand in the ICU

Seven-year-old Hudson is in the intensive care unit at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, still unable to breathe on his own, but on Wednesday night his mother felt him squeeze her hand. Gia Carter said he also moved his toes and fingers, according to an ABC4 report published on Yahoo.

Hudson, an IVF twin, was struck by a vehicle on Halloween while trick-or-treating in Spanish Fork, Utah. His mother has called what lies ahead a long road, and she has also said she feels surrounded by people who want to help.

Hudson, the IVF Twin Who Is Proud to Be an Hour Older

Carter describes Hudson as her IVF “miracle baby.” He has a twin sister, and by his mother’s account he is “so proud to be an hour older than his sister.” The family has three children in all, KUTV reported: Hudson, his twin and a second sister.

In vitro fertilization is the most common form of assisted reproductive technology. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains that eggs are generally removed from the ovaries, combined with sperm in a lab and returned to the patient or a gestational carrier. The agency adds that the field also covers freezing and donating eggs and embryos, and that it leaves out treatments that handle only sperm.

The coverage describes a boy at the center of a close household: a mother, two sisters and a seven-year-old who takes pride in being the older twin by an hour. The family has said little else about his life before Halloween, and their public statements have focused on his recovery.

A Halloween Night on Spanish Fork Parkway

Spanish Fork police and other responders were called at 7:13 p.m. on Oct. 31 to an auto-pedestrian crash near 875 North Spanish Fork Parkway, according to a press release from Lt. Cory Slaymaker that KSL reported. A southbound Jeep Wrangler had struck Hudson.

Police said witnesses told them the boy was wearing dark clothing and a mask and tried to cross the road mid-block. The posted speed limit on the parkway is 35 mph, and the incident remained under investigation. Fox 13 reported the same location and time and noted that the vehicle stayed at the scene.

The first police account was brief. KSL reported that officers found the boy when they arrived and that he was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and Fox 13 reported that investigators did not know why he was in the roadway. Neither outlet named him at that stage. His name and the family’s account came later, when his mother spoke to reporters and shared updates on the fundraiser page.

The driver was a 16-year-old girl who stayed and cooperated with the investigation. She is not named here because she is a minor. Carter has spoken about her with compassion. In a GoFundMe post, she wrote that she holds “no anger or animosity toward her” and truly hopes the girl is okay.

The Yahoo report quotes Carter saying she believes Hudson would forgive the driver, too.

The ICU at Primary Children’s Hospital

Hudson was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and then flown to Primary Children’s, where he is in intensive care in critical condition. His mother told KUTV he has a severe traumatic brain injury and other serious injuries, and he is on life support. As of Monday, Nov. 2, he remained critical.

Primary Children’s describes itself on its Intermountain Health location page as offering comprehensive specialty care for children, with pediatric emergency services at the Salt Lake City campus, located on North Mario Capecchi Drive.

The news that matters most to his family came midweek. On Wednesday night Hudson moved his toes and fingers, and later Carter said she “actually felt him squeeze” her hand “for the first time.” The report does not quote his doctors, and it does not suggest that any single sign settles how his recovery will go.

Carter has been candid about the stakes. “This could be a lifelong recovery for him based on the extent of his injuries,” she said. She has also said she believes in her son and can already “feel him coming back” to her.

The CDC defines a traumatic brain injury as an injury that affects how the brain works, and notes that such injuries can change how a person thinks, learns, feels, acts and sleeps. No timeline from his care team has been published.

A Village Around the Carter Family

Carter has said the community has carried her through the first week. She described having “a village” around her and said she has “not felt alone for one second during this process.”

A family friend started a GoFundMe to help with everyday expenses, medical and recovery costs, transportation and child care for Hudson’s two sisters while Carter stays at his bedside, KUTV reported. That practical help means Carter can focus on Hudson and her two daughters.

Spanish Fork police used their statement about the crash to remind drivers of the 35 mph limit on the parkway, and the investigation is continuing. The coverage does not say whether speed was a factor and mentions no charges.

For now, the update from Primary Children’s is small and specific: a boy who loves being the older twin has moved his fingers and toes, and a mother felt his hand squeeze hers.

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