ND Boy, Shot in the Eye While Hunting, Recovering

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A 14-year-old Bismarck boy who was shot in the eye while pheasant hunting has survived to celebrate his birthday Sunday and Christmas later this month.

Kaelan Macdonald and his family spent three weeks, including Thanksgiving, in a hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Father Russell Macdonald says he and his son were deer hunting with two others Nov. 14 southeast of Bismarck when Kaelan was accidentally shot by a family friend.

Kaelan was taken to a Bismarck hospital, where he had trouble speaking and moving his right arm and leg. He was transferred to the St. Paul hospital, where he underwent a six-hour operation to prevent a massive stroke.

The shotgun pellet still remains in Kaelan's brain, but The Bismarck Tribune reports he was released from the hospital Friday.