Nation Unvaccinated child hits his head, gets tetanus. Two months and over $800K later, he recovers March 8, 2019 Ashley May, USA TODAY Comments Off on Unvaccinated child hits his head, gets tetanus. Two months and over $800K later, he recovers A 6-year-old boy who didn't receive childhood vaccinations nearly died after getting tetanus in Oregon's first pediatric case of this kind in decades.