NETTLETON, Miss. (WCBI) – A Nettleton ninth-grader has made a remarkable recovery, just weeks after he was injured during baseball practice.
It was back on August 21, when 14-year-old Landon Langley was pitching at a practice for the Magnolia Boys Traveling Baseball Team.
On one pitch, the batter hit a line drive, and the ball struck Landon under his right eye.
He was taken to LeBonheur in Memphis, where he underwent X-rays and other treatment.
Initially, doctors said he would need surgery to repair broken bones and a broken jaw.
However, weeks later, there is virtually no sign of the injury, and Landon is back in his ninth-grade classes at Nettleton.
“His eye wouldn’t open, and he couldn’t open his mouth. We kept going back, went back, saw his surgeon, and they looked at him and sai