All clear for boy hurt in bouncy castle

Zaybein Wathey was flown to Starship hospital after landing on concrete when part of the bouncy castle at Napier's Inflatable World gave way. Photo / Facebook

A boy who suffered a serious head injury when he landed head first on concrete at a bouncy castle fun park will be able to leave hospital tomorrow.

Zaybein Wathey, 10, was flown to Starship hospital after landing on concrete when part of the bouncy castle at Napier's Inflatable World gave way on July 7.

He fractured his head in two places and suffered a 25-minute seizure.

His mother, Haley Wathey, said today the doctors had given Zaybein the "all clear" to be discharged on Friday.

Zaybein had "bounced back marvellously" and was moved to Ronald McDonald House late on Tuesday, Ms Wathey said. But he would probably not be going back to school until the end of the year.

"We'll play it by ear, see what Zaybein's strength is really.

"He's just going to be very lethargic. And the brain just has to rest, that's all you can do.

"He will be allowed 15 minutes of TV and turn it off and try to sleep. Being single parents and that we've got to work around it, so trying to figure that out. But it's really, really good news."

A signed Warriors ball was dropped off to the recovering youngster yesterday, which made his day, she said.

The family had also received huge amounts of support via social media, she said.

But there was a long way to go to make sure the Inflatable World centres were safe for other children, Ms Wathey said.

On Tuesday, SafeKids released figures provided by Starship showing 16 children with serious injuries from bouncy castles had been admitted to the hospital in the past five years.

Napier's Inflatable World decided to close on Monday.

Director Gary Adamson said the site was closed pending the outcome of the company's investigation with WorkSafe and it would only reopen when management were "100 per cent satisfied" it would run properly.

Mr Adamson said he could not comment further while the investigation was under way.