HUEYTOWN, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) – As an 11-year-old boy fights for his life in the intensive care unit of an Alabama hospital, his family and the entire community are praying for a Christmas miracle.
Jace Watkins, a fifth grader at Hueytown Intermediate School, felt sick Thursday, but on Friday, by all accounts, he was a happy and healthy child. His family says he was running around, telling everyone he felt fine.
Then, things took a devastating turn overnight. Jace stopped breathing for about 15 minutes Saturday before he was rushed to Children’s Hospital, where he was put in the ICU, relying on a ventilator as doctors worked to stabilize him…