In the four months since Jeremiah Hart was hit by a car, the now 10-year-old has overcome his critical injuries and he is slowly returning to the activities he loves.
It was November 21, 2015 when Jeremiah was at Firewheel Town Center in Garland with his mother and sister. He was walking on the sidewalk when a driver, who was trying to park, hit the gas instead of the brake. The car jumped the curb, hit Jeremiah and pinned him to a wall.
Since then, he has spent three months in two different Dallas hospitals and has undergone 31 surgeries, including the amputation of his left leg.
His mother, Bridgett Hart, said in two different instances, an artery in Jeremiah's leg ruptured leading him to nearly bleed to death.
"So, it was he got hit by the car and bled out twice. So, three times we could have lost him," Hart said. "He fought hard in ICU and we tried to save his leg but it was pulling the life out of him. They ended up having to take that leg and they transported us to Scottish Rite."
Jeremiah still returns to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children for weekly treatments to ensure he leg continues to heal properly. Once it does, the hospital will both fit him for and create a prosthesis.
"He's working now to get used to the crutches. He still gets tired and has to use the wheelchair a lot. He's working on his upper body strength," Hart said.
Still, Jeremiah is determined to continue the activities he loves, including soccer.
Hart says looking at her son each day, she thinks, "how brave he is, that God really has a plan for him because he just shouldn't even be here. He's just so brave and ambitious and successful because already at 10-years-old, he's overcome so much. He's done it with a good heart and a good attitude and he's just ready he's just ready to say, 'I was hit. Now let's move on, what's the next step, let's get going' and I love that about him."
Jeremiah is back to school and back to volunteering at his church. He says he's been given a second chance at life, and he believes it's so he can teach people about God.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the family with medical bills. Bridgett, a single mother of two adopted children, including Jeremiah, says she has been living off the funds since she hasn't been able to work.
