Boy Badly Beaten in Middle School Attack is Back Home

Henry Sembdner, the 12-year-old boy who was badly beaten by a fellow classmate in South Elgin last week, is out of the hospital and back at his home.

Sembdner suffered brain and skull injuries after he was slammed into the ground when he bumped into another student a Kenyon Woods Middle School on Friday, according to the Daily Herald. He was placed in an induced coma for much of the weekend and spent the start of this week still in the hospital.

The alleged attacker was arrested and taken to the South Elgin Police Department.

On Tuesday, his mother, Karen DeWilde Sembdner, tweeted a photo of Henry with his family sitting on their couch and wrote: “You heard it here first … Henry is home!”

The boy still has a long road to recovery, his mom, Karen DeWilde Sembdner, wrote on the family’s Caring Bridge page. As a part of that recovery, the family is limiting visitors to prevent the spread of any germs or illnesses to allow Henry’s brain to heal. Follow-up visits with 10 different doctors will be scheduled in the coming days as well.

Meanwhile, nearly $44,000 has been raised for the family to help pay for medical expenses on two GoFundMe pages. The family is advising anyone who would like to help the family with a meal, to send any gift cards for places to eat to ARCO Murray National Construction Co. C/O Henry Sembdner 3110 Woodcreek Drive, Downers Grove, IL 60515.

Also this past week, Cubs’ first baseman Anthony Rizzo sent a tweet to Henry offering him a couple tickets and batting practice passes at Wrigley when he is feeling better.

• Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo for Boy Badly Beaten at South Elgin Middle School

And when Henry returned home on Tuesday, Rizzo sent out the following tweet:

The community will continue to show its support for Henry and his family.

Nicks Pizza & Pub 990 South Randall Road in Elgin, will host a No Cook Night to raise money in support of Henry Sembdner and his family from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15. All you have to do is present the below flyer with your dine-in or carry-out order to help the family. In total, 25 percent of the sale from the day and night (not including alcohol sales and tax) will be donated to the local family.

And this past week, students within school district U-46 have been wearing Cubs apparel to show their support for Henry -- who is a huge Cubs fan.

Photo via GoFundMe