KENTFIELD, Calif. (CBS-5/KCBS) - The officials in charge of high school sports throughout Northern California are expected to decide today whether to ban aluminum bats for upcoming baseball playoffs.
The debate over the use of the bats comes on the heels of a serious accident involving a pitcher last month in Marin County.
Incredibly, 16-year old Gunnar Sandberg is back from the brink. Just weeks after the Marin Catholic pitcher was hit by a line drive from a metal bat, he is out of a medically induced coma and in physical therapy.
As family and friends held vigils and prayed, surgeons cut away a chunk of Gunnar's skull to allow his brain to swell, without doing it damage. No one knew how things would turn out.
In a recent posting on Caring Bridge, a Web site that shows updates on patients' conditions for family members and loved ones, Sandberg's sister Kalli said her brother "is improving more and more every day."
In her post, Kalli Sandberg said her brother is continuing to gain back the weight he lost and is walking on his own with supervision. He still has to wear a helmet whenever he gets out of bed, but is expected to come home from the hospital May 3.
Once he is released, he will continue to have outpatient therapy. He will also be working with people who will help improve his memory and help him catch up on his schoolwork, his sister said.
She said his family is hoping he will be ready to start his senior year this fall.
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