A view outside the hospital room of 13-year-old Ethan Kadish where he spent weeks recovering from an emergency surgery that took place on Dec. 4, 2013.

Alexia Kadish stands next to her son Ethan’s hospital bed at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 where the 13-year-old spent weeks recovering from surgery.

Alexia Kadish stands over her son, 13-year-old Ethan, inside his hospital room at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 where he spent weeks recovering from surgery.

Ethan Kadish, 13, travels home by bus after his second day back to school at Loveland Middle School on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Ethan attends special education classes at Loveland Middle School three times a week.

Ethan Kadish sleeps on the bus after spending a few hours at Loveland Middle School on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Ethan started attending classes again for the first since his brain injury after being struck by lightning last summer.

Ethan Kadish’s home health care nurse, Chad Saunders, pushes his wheelchair off the school bus on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. This was Ethan’s second day back to school since his brain injury after being struck by lightning last year.

Ethan Kadish’s home health care nurse, Chad Saunders, pushes his wheelchair up his family’s driveway on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. This was Ethan’s second day back to school since his brain injury after being struck by lightning last year.

Ethan Kadish spends time with his mother, Alexia, after spending a few hours at Loveland Middle School on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. This was only Ethan’s second day back to school since his brain injury after his was struck by lightning at a summer camp last year.

Ethan Kadish shares a laugh with his mother, Alexia, inside their Loveland home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

The family dog Cincy watches as Alexia pushes Ethan’s wheelchair in the living room at their Loveland home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Ethan’s home health care nurse Chip Saunders and the 13-year-old’s mother, Alexia, stand by his bed inside his newly rehabbed bedroom at their Loveland home. Friends and volunteers helped the Kadish family build the new room while Ethan was recovering in the hospital.

A look at Ethan Kadish’s embroidered wheelchair inside the Kadish family home on Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

The Kadish family dog, Cincy, joins Ethan on his new reclining chair while at their Loveland home on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Ethan’s special chair was a recent gift from his grandparents.

Alexia Kadish sits next to her 13-year-old son Ethan inside the living room of their Loveland home on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Ethan continues to recover from a brain injury after he was struck by lightning at a summer camp last year.

Elyse Kadish, a fifth grader at Loveland Middle School, reads to her older brother, Ethan, in the living room of their Loveland home on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

Friends and volunteers helped Ethan’s parents build a new bedroom for Ethan while he was recovering in the hospital. His room is equipped with a light projector that is similar to one used inside his hospital room at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Loveland Middle School intervention specialist Rachael Angel works on exercises with Ethan in a separate classroom on Friday, March 14, 2014. Ethan sometimes wears sunglasses inside to block intense fluorescent lights at school.

Rachael Angel, an intervention specialist at Loveland Middle, helps Ethan with a classroom exercise on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Loveland Middle School intervention specialist Rachael Angel guides Ethan Kadish through an exercise at the white board in front of his class on Friday, March 14, 2014.

Cooper Smellar and Ethan Missar, two seventh grade students who played baseball with Ethan, read to him at Loveland Middle School on Friday, March 14, 2014. School officials say the two friends visit Ethan often.

Cooper Smellar and Ethan Missar, two seventh grade students who played baseball with Ethan, read to him at Loveland Middle School on Friday, March 14, 2014. School officials say the two friends visit Ethan often.

Cooper Smellar and Ethan Missar, two seventh grade students who are the same age as Ethan, spend time talking with him inside a classroom at Loveland Middle School on Friday, March, 14, 2014.

Amber Lowe, an occupational therapist with the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team, guides Ethan through stretching exercises at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Amber Lowe, an occupational therapist with the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team, guides Ethan through stretching exercises at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Amber Lowe, an occupational therapist with the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team, guides Ethan through exercises at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Alexia Kadish speaks with physical therapists of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team about a new collar for her son on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Ethan has physical therapy twice a week at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care.

Ethan Kadish’s physical therapists with the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team test a new collar on the 13-year-old during a session at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Physical therapist Shannon Brausch of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team goes over therapy plans with Ethan during a session at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Ethan meets with Brausch twice a week for physical therapy.

Physical therapist Shannon Brausch of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team lifts Ethan Kadish out of his wheelchair during a session at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Physical therapist Shannon Brausch and Caity Sweet of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team lead Ethan through a physical therapy exercise at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Physical therapist Shannon Brausch of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team guides Ethan through a difficult part of a session at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Physical therapist Caity Sweet and Shannon Brausch of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team stretch out Ethan’s legs during a physical therapy session at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Alexia Kadish talks with physical therapist Caity Sweet about whether her son’s leg braces still fit him properly during an appointment at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014. Ethan receives physical therapy twice a week at the facility with the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team.

After nearly two hours of physical therapy, Ethan Kadish falls asleep after a long session with staff members of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Physical therapists Shannon Brausch and Caity Sweet of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team help Ethan sit up after completing an hour-long session with them at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.

Ethan wraps up another session with his physical therapists of the Cincinnati Children’s Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Team at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care on Thursday, March 20, 2014.