The family calls the recovery a miracle after their 8-year-old son, Leo Bernal, is out of the hospital and in good spirits after being shot in the head five days ago while he slept.
A bullet pierced Leo's skull.
"My head kind of hurts right now, but I'm OK with it," he said.
His mother, Teresa Bernal, is grateful but traumatized.
"It's a miracle," she said. "They had to open up his skull. He has 23 staples."
On Sunday night an armed intruder entered the family home in Culver City and opened fire. The shooter has not been caught.
Leo was the only one hit.
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"It was a matter of seconds, just bam! bam! bam!" ... 14 shots all pointed into my kid's room," his mother said.
Doctors at UCLA Ronald Reagan Children's Hospital released Leo Friday, saying he's well enough to go home.
But the family's afraid.
"Who wants to go back to that?" Teresa Bernal said. "It's like a nightmare. My son's been crying about going home. He doesn't want to go home. He's horrified."
The family has set up a gofundme account to help raise money for medical costs.
