THE mother of Neil Miggins, the Patentia Secondary School student who was stabbed in his head last week with a pair of scissors by a fellow student, is diligently praying that the 13-year-old son makes a complete recovery.

In a telephone interview, she related that, Neil is in a stable condition after a successful operation of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and is slowly recovering.
The teen, underwent surgery last Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to remove the scissors. Doctors said that the operation was successful.
She highlighted that her son still seems to be in shock after the incident and has been very emotional since.
Barbara Miggins, of 79 Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, recounted that she was at home during the mid-afternoon when an ambulance pulled up at her house requesting that she come to attend to her son who was being taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
Ms. Miggins said: “When I ran out I saw him in the ambulance with a scissors in his head.” The woman said that her son was in and out of consciousness before he could have related that he was running down a flight of stairs in the school when he “jammed” another male student standing of the stairway. He said he just feel the impact and then he feel the scissors in his head,” the mother related.
Ms. Miggins said that while she awaited word about her son at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, the police had informed her that the culprit said that Miggins had troubled him and out of anger, the scissors was in his hand so he threw it to his head.
The alleged offender was reportedly taken to the Wales Police Station for questioning on the day but Miggins is unaware of whether or not he was released from custody.
While Ms. Miggins fought her tears, she said that her son’s situation, though stable now, is a matter of life and death. She also stated that she was given a document to sign, giving health care workers permission to remove the scissors since the surgery could have dire effects on the teen.
At the time, Miggins said that her son had gone in for surgery and doctors indicated that a bone would most likely have to be removed from the head.
She said “with all the roughing up and driving, the scissors is still not coming out.”
Despite the jamming and movements, the mother said her son kept screaming for his head, but the object would not budge.  She said X-rays and a CT scan were done subsequently.
Miggins said that so far the school has made no contact with her as it relates to inquiring about the teen’s condition.